Stroudwater Textile Trust manages the Dunkirk Mill Museum with its immense working water wheel and the Gigg Weaving Shed where you can try your hand at weaving, both located in Nailsworth – click HERE for opening times.

• Bring together textile enthusiasts as members and volunteers;
• Demonstrate our restored historic machinery at Mill Open days;
• Run the impressive waterwheel at our flagship museum at Dunkirk Mill;
• Provide educational resources;
• See hand handlooms and a power loom;
• Research/lecture/publish materials on textiles and local history;
• Curate exhibitions and organise events.

Image Credits: ‘Brimscombe Port c.1795, unknown artist. STGCM 1961.24 © Museum in the Park, Stroud’

We are a Charitable Trust, run by volunteers.

The Trust was established in 1999 by local people wanting to promote awareness of the woollen industry in the Stroud valleys and to celebrate contemporary textiles.

We have a Board of Trustees responsible for the overall direction of the Charity and a Management Committee, chaired by Ian Mackintosh, that superintends our day-to-day activities.

We operate Dunkirk Mill Museum at Nailsworth which, as it is Fully Accredited by Arts Council England, has its own management committee, chaired by Jane Ford.

Registered Office: Upper Mill House, Millswood Lane, Chalford, Stroud GL6 8FY
The Trust is a Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee.
Registered Charity No: 1078398 Company No: 03792787