The Claythorpe Café
Our café is open to all – entry to the animal areas is by ticket.
We serve freshly made sandwiches, lunch specials, drinks and snacks, with something for all budgets. And as for our cakes – we think they’re awesome!Our menu incorporates as many locally sourced ingredients as possible, from the bread in your sandwich, to our proper ploughmans lunch, with a choice of cheese or locally made pork pie.We have two dining rooms – the first sits above the mill race, with the Victorian turbine beneath your feet. And inside the main mill building, the dominant feature of the room is the huge former mill workings, where you can see the gears and millstones that turned for decades while Claythorpe was a working watermill.There's plenty of seating around the grounds if you want to dine al fresco or have a quiet coffee by the mill pond. You’re welcome to bring a picnic to eat outside or in the woods – but please don’t be cross if one of the geese takes a swipe at your sandwich!