Overview
Stott Park Bobbin Mill is a working bobbin mill built in 1835 to supply wooden reels and bobbins to Lancashire textile factories. It is the best surviving example of the Lake District industry that supplied a small but essential part to mass textile production
Why it was built
is a working bobbin mill built in 1835 to supply wooden reels and bobbins to Lancashire textile factories
People and work
Men, women and boys cut local coppice wood and tended dangerous belt-driven saws, drills and lathes
How it changed
Water, steam and later electric power drove production until the mill closed in 1971 and reopened for preservation
What survives
The mill buildings, ponds, turbine, steam engine, line shafts, belts, lathes, tools and woodland survive
Why it mattered
It is the best surviving example of the Lake District industry that supplied a small but essential part to mass textile production
History checked 16 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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