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Ruskin Mill enjoys a new lease of life as a college centred on 'the education and care of young people who fall between the cracks of mainstream provision'. More here http://www.rmet.org.uk/

The narrow road runs parallel to and west of the B4058 Old Bristol Road along the steep side of a valley.

Former textile mill that is now a college. It has been extensively altered but has retained some of its industrial 'feel'. The pediment has been rebuilt and the cupola is new with a bell cast at the mill. There is also a waterwheel, relocated from Devon, and a microhydropower plant that I missed. The mill has variously been called Millbottom Mill, Great Mill and Leather Stiffner Works. It became Ruskin Mill in 1982 when it was reconstructed as craft workshops. In addition to its textile past it has been a corn mill, leather stiffner works and dyeworks.

Former textile mill that is now a college. It has been extensively altered but has retained some of its industrial 'feel'. The pediment has been rebuilt and the cupola is new with a bell cast at the mill. There is also a waterwheel, relocated from Devon, and a microhydropower plant that I missed. The mill has variously been called Millbottom Mill, Great Mill and Leather Stiffner Works. It became Ruskin Mill in 1982 when it was reconstructed as craft workshops. In addition to its textile past it has been a corn mill, leather stiffner works and dyeworks.

The shape of things to come?

This wheel, once used as a prime mover to provide mechanical power for a woollen mill, but long-disused, may yet have a new lease of life providing 'clean' electricity via hydro power Image

This section of one of the valleys that run through Nailsworth is home to the Ruskin Mill College which provides an educational resource for students with particular learning needs http://www.rmet.co.uk/index.php/the_colleges/ruskin_mill/ The numerous ponds and lakes are havens for numerous waterfowl, several huge carp and brown trout.

Ruskin Mill College is an educational establishment providing a place of learning for over 80 students with special learning needs http://www.fmc.rmet.org.uk/rmc/rmc_menu1.htm It is located within former early 19th century woollen mills that were until relatively recently in a state of some decay. There are several lakes and ponds which provide a home for aquatic birds, specimen carp and trout.

Taken on the path leading from the main college building at Ruskin Mill, Nailswoth, Gloucestershire, to the market garden, I am looking east to Harleywood.