Stott Park Bobbin Mill
Local highlightOpen to visitorsan English Heritage site — check opening times and admission before you go
Stott Park Bobbin Mill near Finsthwaite is the last working bobbin mill in the Lake District, built in 1835 to turn out the wooden bobbins the Lancashire cotton mills got through by the million. English Heritage runs it now, and on working days you can watch the old belt-driven lathes still making bobbins from coppiced wood. Paid admission, and the demonstration days are the ones to aim for. Close to the southern tip of Windermere near Newby Bridge.
