Museum · Birmingham · West Midlands

Sarehole Mill

Sarehole Mill is a water mill on the River Cole. Head into Birmingham’s built-up area to find it. It is protected as a Grade II listed building.

Photo: Sarehole Mill, Oosoom (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Birmingham

inside the built-up area

Run by

Birmingham Museums Trust

the operator on record

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Birmingham

Inside Birmingham

Sarehole Mill is inside Birmingham’s built-up area, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Birmingham has 1,410 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

How the seasons run

Warmest in Birmingham are June to September, at 19–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°68 mm

Feb8° / 2°52 mm

Mar10° / 3°50 mm

Apr14° / 5°53 mm

May17° / 7°59 mm

Jun20° / 10°70 mm

Jul22° / 12°62 mm

Aug21° / 12°66 mm

Sep19° / 10°61 mm

Oct14° / 7°75 mm

Nov10° / 4°75 mm

Dec8° / 2°75 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Birmingham, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Birmingham. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Birmingham’s full climate →

About

Sarehole Mill

The site is run by Birmingham Museums Trust. 4 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Our list has 65 more places within 15 km; first among them is Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, at 6 km.

Birmingham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: Birmingham Museums Trust
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Birmingham
Official site: birminghammuseums.org.uk/sarehole-mill

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Getting in

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Getting your bearings

Use the numbers to match each place near Sarehole Mill with the list.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Of these 5 towns, the largest is Birmingham (1,121,367 people). All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Birmingham

1,121,367 people · 61 places to visit

2 · 2.1 km east of it

Solihull

107,754 people · 14 places to visit

3 · 3.9 km south of it

Major's Green

976 people · 3 places to visit

4 · 4.3 km south of it

Hollywood

6,944 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Sarehole Mill is	People	Places to visit
Birmingham	It’s in town	1,121,367	61
Solihull	2.1 km east of it	107,754	14
Major's Green	3.9 km south of it	976	3
Hollywood	4.3 km south of it	6,944	10
Dickens Heath	4.9 km south of it	4,797	2

Make a day of it

Other places close by

Around it, within 15 km, lie 65 more, including 6 museums and 2 cathedrals.

Big drawMuseumBirmingham Museum & Art Gallery6 km away · 856K visitors a year 2

CathedralSt Philip's Cathedral6 km away 3

CathedralSt Chad's Cathedral6.4 km away 4

MuseumThe Barber Institute of Fine Arts5.2 km away 5

MuseumCadbury World5.2 km away 6

MuseumNational Motorcycle Museum10 km away · 250K visitors a year 7

MuseumThinktank Birmingham Science Museum5.8 km away 8

MuseumAston Hall8.2 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions before you go

Where is Sarehole Mill?

Sarehole Mill is in Birmingham, West Midlands, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Sarehole Mill?

Water mill on the River Cole in Hall Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK.

Who runs Sarehole Mill?

Birmingham Museums Trust.

When is the best time to visit Sarehole Mill?

June to September are the warmest months in Birmingham, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Sarehole Mill a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Sarehole Mill?

Within 15 km: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (6 km), St Philip's Cathedral (6 km), St Chad's Cathedral (6.4 km) and The Barber Institute of Fine Arts (5.2 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Sarehole Mill: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Philip's Cathedral: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St Chad's Cathedral: G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts: GavinWarrins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Cadbury World: Grutness at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Motorcycle Museum: Snowmanradio, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum: Amandachan1106, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aston Hall: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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