The Victoria Mill Waterwheel And Sluice

The Victoria Mill waterwheel and sluice, located on the north-east side of Buxton Road in Bakewell, is a Grade II listed structure. The sluice dates from the early 19th century and may have been modified to fit a waterwheel constructed around 1850. It is made of dressed gritstone and features iron machinery and the waterwheel itself. The rectangular sluice has intact regulating devices designed for the undershot wheel. The axle mountings and spur wheel are still present. The tail race flows beneath a basket arch into a tunnel under the mill yard. The waterwheel is a dilapidated 8-spoke wheel made of cast and forged iron elements, measuring approximately 4 meters wide and 5 meters in diameter, and is currently stored out of the water.