Wroxham steam mill, built beside the Bure was technically in Hoveton and was built over a cut on the north east bank. It is unlikely the mill was ever water powered, it simply used the river for transport and as a means to obtain water for the steam engine. The main structure was built of brick with a pantile roof with two lucums, one accessed via the river and the other over the road.

The 1890 Ordnance Survey map lists the building as a flour mill.

By the 1970s the only remaining section of the building was what was possibly the old bakery and this had been converted into a fish & chip shop. In 2003 the site was occupied by two restaurants and a variety of small businesses.

I can give you a bit more information about the steam mill at Wroxham Bridge. I was taken in there by my grandfather just before the mill was pulled down in the early 60s and it's remained a very vivid memory. The only remaining part is 'Ken's Traditional Fish and Chips' now, but I remember that this was the mill office where all the sales were done. The Granary was the most famous part of the mill: it stood on the other side of the Norwich Road (still on the Hoveton side of the river) on what is still called Granary Staithe - it featured on all the postcards and looked like a mill, so people often called it such although it was only a granary; I can remember some of the last trading wherries (then under power and not sail) loading there.
Nick Walmsley - 29th July 2007