Worsbrough Mill Museum and Country Park takes part in national event to celebrate 400-year anniversary 

Worsbrough Mill Museum and Country Park are continuing the celebrations of its 400-year anniversary with an action-packed programme of family-friendly activities on Saturday, 10 May, as part of National Mills Weekend. 

National Mills Weekend is an annual event where visitors are encouraged to share their favourite memories of milling heritage from across the country and embrace new cultural experiences. 

From 10am until 3pm, visitors can take part in a variety of fun-filled activities for all ages, such as a salt dough model-making session with artist Raychel McGuin as well as flatbread and gingerbread-making sessions. This free, fun day at Worsbrough Mill is a drop-in, with people encouraged to pop along and learn more about the mill. 

At 11am and 1pm, there will be two 45-minute tours where visitors can learn all about how the mill works and listen to the different sounds of the mechanism. 

Several milling artefacts and historic images will be on display that explains more about the mill’s heritage. 

Local food and drink will be served on-site, with live music from the Barnsley Flute Choir throughout the day. 

National Mills Weekend is one of many enriching cultural events planned this year to mark the mill’s incredible milestone. 

Worsbrough Mill is one of the oldest working mills in the UK, dating back to 1625. 

As part of the year-long celebrations to mark the anniversary, other projects have progressed, with artist Adam Briscoe creating a mural to highlight the mill’s history and Barnsley College student Addison Batten producing a 400-year anniversary-themed logo. 

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