What we do

At Gants Mill you can be confident of an enchanting day.

Imagine being soothed by the sound of the waterfall from the historic Mill, where we generate clean hydro-electricity.

We are licensed to hold civil ceremonies in the Conservatory and the Gazebo. Your guests can watch as you process through the rose and clematis arches of the idyllic gardens.

After the ceremony, you will be spoilt for choice of perfect backdrops for your wedding photographs, before moving onto your reception in a traditional fabric marquee.

As a family concern we are committed to making your day relaxing, enjoyable and memorable. Contact us to make a viewing appointment, as we would love to show you romantic Gants Mill.

Availability in 2009

No more Saturdays available in 2009. Please get in touch for alternative days in 2009 and dates in 2010.

Ethical action

Gants Mill is a family run venue. As a small farm with a historic watermill, we need to diversify to sustain this wonderful local asset.

We offer mill and garden tours as well as weddings during the summer months as a low impact method of maintaining this unique place.

As our watermill generates renewable hydro-electricity we are a positive force in the fight against climate change.

Read more about how we are trying to make a difference below.

Awards & Recommendations

• Green Tourism Award - South Somerset District Council

A few ways we're trying to make a difference

Recycling

Like everyone else we recycle, but produce little or no food waste because we eat leftovers and everything else goes on the compost heap or in the dog.

Renewable energy use

Domestic heating is a major factor in use of power. We are able to cut wood from our field boundaries and where it has fallen in the river. We saw it up at the sawbench powered by water in the mill and store it to dry in sheds round the farmyard.

It then goes into the woodstove in the farmhouse. This heats the entire ground floor, and much of the heat rises to the bedrooms.

In winter, damp washing from the washing lines is finished off overnight on racks by the woodstove, keeping use of a drier to the barest minimum.

Reducing carbon footprint

By generating 32,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a year in the watermill, we hoover up the carbon footprints of eight average homes. We are in the unique position of being able to give vital early encouragement to others thinking of using mills to generate electricity from water power.

We organise day tours of five local mills, providing detailed information packs on all aspects of setting up their schemes. The mill-owners and water engineers who have been on the tours have found them invaluable for understanding the issues so they can move forward with their projects.

Supporting local producers

Much of what we eat is measured in food yards rather than miles. The garden soil is very productive from the addition of muck from the farmyard a few hundred yards away, and we grow much of our own fruit and vegetables throughout the year.

B&B guests have our own strawberries, raspberries and tomatoes in season. Bacon and sausages are from a local rare breed farm, and the eggs and apple juice are from local suppliers.

Cakes for summer visitors are baked by local WI ladies.

Supporting / working with a community / social project

We host school visits throughout the year, giving the pupils a unique insight into the 1000 year history of our mill, as well as an appreciation of how to generate renewable energy.