Abbey Pumping Station 2025
Leicestershire
A 200 year old substantially restored flour mill are made from solid timber or ironwork. The Jerry Leakins Railway Room has a model of the top of the Swannington Incline, models of two locomotives and information boards relating to the Leicester and Swannington Railway, plus coal mining in Swannington.
Address: St George's Hill Swannington Leicestershire LE67 8QW
Apr-Sep Sun & BHol 1400-1700. Visit website or facebook for more details.
The mill comprises five floors and has steep steps with handrails on both sides. The Mill Guides will be happy to assist visitors in turning the flour dresser and using the hand quern to grind wheat into flour. Children can have fun being weighed on the sack scales!