page_title: Tide mill
section_title: Surviving tide mills in Britain
hierarchical_section_title: Tide mill / Surviving tide mills in Britain
caption_attribution_description: English: Mill on Roman River. The mill has been recently restored
context_page_description: A tide mill is a water mill driven by tidal rise and fall. A dam with a sluice is created across a suitable tidal inlet, or a section of river estuary is made into a reservoir. As the tide comes in, it enters the mill pond through a one-way gate, and this gate closes automatically when the tide begins to fall. When the tide is low enough, the stored water can be released to turn a water wheel.
  Tide mills are usually situated in river estuaries, away from the effects of waves but close enough to the sea to have a reasonable tidal range. Cultures that built such mills have existed since the Middle Ages, and some may date back to the Roman period.
  A modern version of a tide mill is the electricity-generating tidal barrage.
context_section_description: Ashlett Tide Mill, Ashlett, Hampshire (converted as clubhouse)
  Battlesbridge Tide Mill, Battlesbridge, Essex (converted for business)
  Carew Castle tide mill, Pembrokeshire
  Eling Tide Mill, Eling, Hampshire (working)
  Fingringhoe Tide Mill, Fingringhoe, Essex (house converted)
  Pembroke tide mill, Pembrokeshire (mill ponds only)
  Place Mill, Christchurch, Dorset (working order, restored)
  Quay Mill, Emsworth, Hampshire (converted as clubhouse)
  Three Mills tide mill, Bromley-by-Bow, London
  Thorrington Tide Mill, Thorrington, Essex
  Woodbridge Tide Mill, Woodbridge, Suffolk (working order)
  Tide Mills, Newhaven, East Sussex (sluice only)
caption: Fingringoe Tide Mill
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