The House Mill

We were walking by on a Sunday afternoon and saw the tours were on (we haven’t pre-registered, simply walked in). What an absolute treat! It’s a fascinating building (and you get to see each and every of its floors) and our guide was exceptional - very knowledgable about the mill as well as the surrounding area and its history. It’s very interactive and should suit all ages. Couldn’t recommend The House Mill highly enough!

Volunteer run, there is an excellent cafe here with a nice outside area with seating. Great food and pleasant place to while away the day. The mill is fascinating and offers a glimpse of pre-industrial London, although the mills were actually active until 1940. Grain was processed here for Gin manufacture in Camberwell apparently. Renovation is ongoing and there is a long way to go but this is surely deserving of some serious cash to bring it back to something approaching its original state. Personally, i quite like its aged interiors.

Worth visiting as its an interesting tour (even with our rather exhausted volunteer), the models help explain how it was used before a lot of the machinery was ripped out.Cafe a bit haphazard, but the coffee was good when it came.

Cool place for a lazy afternoon, the guided tour is cheap and really interesting and the coffee shop is cozy and cheap

Brilliant tour of the House Mill, that’s held on Sundays. Geoff was very friendly & full of interesting information about the building & history.

Very informative history and tour of the mill. Learnt much about the milling process, waterways and history of the surrounding area. Who knew that millng grain was not just for bread and pastries but gin too? Not me!Very reasonably priced café. Small interesting panini menu which included a nice offering of vegetarian and vegan options. We had spinach and feta pie with a salad which would not have been out of place in an upmarket restaurant.Lovely enthusiastic volunteers.

Brilliant tours - old tide mill. Lots history. Also very good scoff 4 lunch.Tour guide very good - food nice ciabatta many options. Do visit.

A brilliant trip for a U3A group with an interesting your and excellent food. Week with a visit on a Sunday or, if you are a group, booking a tour on a different day.

When I suggested to my wife that we visit House Mill on National Watermill weekend I don't think that she was particularly impressed - but she loved it! We started in the cafe with really nice freshly made hummas and sun-dried tomato / beetroot sandwiches. Then had an excellent guided tour. There have been mills on the site for 1000 years. The present mill dates from the 1700's and first produced flour for bread sold in the City of London. It then became a gin distillery until a WW2 bomb destroyed the gin warehouse, but not the mill. Apparently it has been derelict for many years, but now has Grade I listed status and it is hoped it can be restored in the future. It is the largest tidal mill in the world. Open on Sundays in the summer.