Open Day

It was Open Day at the Castleford Heritage Centre, so I went down and took the guided tour round the old Allinsons Flour Mill which is now home to the centre. It was very interesting, this is a photo taken from one of the windows overlooking the weir from the back, it's usually seen from the front from Millennium Bridge.


Queen's Mill, previously known as Allinson's Mill, was the world's largest stone grinding flour mill with twenty pairs of grinding stones.   Although not a listed building the mill is of National Significance because of its history, heritage and importance in the local community over hundreds of years.   In fact archaeological evidence has produced wheat grains on this site dating from the Roman period.
Castleford Heritage Trust made an offer to purchase the mill in 2012 from the Canal and River Trust and the contacts were signed on 19th April 2013.   Since that date CHT has opened the mill and thousands of people from the local community and beyond have visited the site and learned about its history and Trust's vision of the future.

It has a long history dating back to Roman Times and a full history can be found here. http://www.castlefordheritagetrust.org.uk/TheMill.php