Rebuilt as a replica of a 13th century mill, Walk Mill is a modern flour mill that uses water power to grind wheat with stone grinding wheels coupled with electrical augers and a modern centrifugal screener. Located near Chester, England, the mill serves two markets: upscale hotels and restaurants that make their own bread and the retail market.
Started up in 2008, the mill uses a steel waterwheel fed by a stream diverted from the nearby river. The last mill on the site ceased production in 1915, and only the footprint of the building was left, according to Ben Jones, a partner in the family-owned business, who is in charge of mill operations. “We dug the foundations to find the footprint of the building, and we also had a lot of photographs of the old mill. From the footprint and pictures we were able to construct a building that is exactly like the old mill on the outside.”