Stott Park Bobbin Mill

Stott Park Bobbin Mill is a 19th-century bobbin mill and now a working museum located near Newby Bridge, Cumbria, England. Built in 1835, the mill was one of over 65 buildings in the Lake District which provided wooden bobbins to the weaving and spinning industry, primarily in Lancashire and Yorkshire.

Photo: Keith Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Museum
Description: 19th-century bobbin mill museum; at Newby Bridge, Cumbria, England.
Also known as: “Stott Park bobbin mill, two mill ponds and site of Stott Park smithy”
Address: Ulverston, LA12 8AX

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Peter’s Church and Lakes Aquarium.

St Peter’s Church

Church

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Peter's Church is in the village of Finsthwaite, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. St Peter’s Church is situated 1,700 feet southwest of Stott Park Bobbin Mill.

Lakes Aquarium

Public aquarium

Photo: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Lakes Aquarium is an aquarium in the village of Lakeside on the southern shore of Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is one of the docking points of Windermere Lake Cruises and also at one end of the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. Lakes Aquarium is situated 3,400 feet southeast of Stott Park Bobbin Mill.

Lakeside railway station

Railway station

Photo: neil hanson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lakeside railway station is a stop on the heritage Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. It was previously the terminus of the Furness Railway's Ulverston-Lakeside Line, which was closed as part of the Beeching Axe in 1965. Lakeside railway station is situated 3,600 feet southeast of Stott Park Bobbin Mill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Finsthwaite and Lakeside.

Finsthwaite

Village

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Finsthwaite is a small village in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is located near the Furness Fells and Windermere.

Lakeside

Hamlet

Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lakeside is a Hamlet near Newby Bridge at the south end of Lake Windermere, England. Now in the county of Cumbria, before county reorganisation of 1974 it was in Lancashire, as part of the region known as Furness.

Newby Bridge

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Newby Bridge is a hamlet in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is located several miles west of Grange-over-Sands and is on the River Leven, close to the southern end of Windermere.

Stott Park Bobbin Mill

Categories: factory, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Colton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.28555° or 54° 17′ 8″ north

Longitude

-2.96593° or 2° 57′ 57″ west

Wheelchair access

limited

Operator

English Heritage

Open location code

9C6V72PM+6J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 118741300

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q3063978

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Japanese—“Stott Park Bobbin Mill” goes by many names.

Chinese: “史考特園紗線廠”
French: “fabrique de bobines de Stott Park”
French: “Fabrique de bobines de Stott Park”
French: “Stott Park Bobbin Mill”
Japanese: “ストット・パーク・ボビン・ミル”

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