Sadlers Mill, Romsey

Also known as the salmon leap because this time of year if you are lucky you can see the salmon heading upstream in the River Test to spawning waters.

Sadler's Mill is a watermill in Romsey, is probably the best known of Romsey's surviving mills and is apparently the only mill to be developed on the main course of the River Test.

The existence of Sadler's Mill is first recorded in the 16th century, when it was working as a corn and grist mill, and has passed through a succession of owners including Lord Palmerston who rebuilt it in 1747 and sold it in 1777 and it returned to the Broadlands estate in 1889. Milling ceased in 1932, when the mill building became redundant. The Broadlands estate sold the building in 2003, when it was close to collapse having been derelict for many years. The new owners restored the building in 2005, rebuilding much of the original structure. During the restoration evidence of an earlier structure was found; carbon 14 dating established the age of this to be c. 1650.
It is a tranquil spot and magical if you catch the salmon leaping.