About Us

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Eling Tide Mill is a water mill that harnesses the power of the tide to grind wheat into flour. Situated on the edge of Southampton Water beside the renowned New Forest - there has been a mill on this site for over 900 years.

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It ceased to be a working mill in the 1940s, but had the good fortune to survive until it was restored between 1975 and 1980, at which time it reopened as both a working mill and a museum to form part of our industrial heritage.

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In 2015, the mill closed again to undergo further restoration and refurbishment with funding from HLF, Totton & Eling Town Council and New Forest District Council, re-opening and rebranding in 2018 as Eling Tide Mill Experience.

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It is one of the only fully working and productive tide mills in the United Kingdom, producing flour as it has throughout the last millennium. In fact one of a handful of tide mills in the world still producing flour on a regular basis.