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The last working water-powered forge in England
Sticklepath, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 2NW
Book a visitAsset | Opening time |
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Finch Foundry | 11:00 - 16:00 |
Entry by guided tour only. Tours start at 11am, 12 noon, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. Last entry 1 hour before closing.
Ticket type | With Gift Aid | Without Gift Aid |
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Adult (18+) | £11.00 | £10.00 |
Child (5-17) under 5s free | £5.50 | £5.00 |
Family (2 Adults and up to 3 children) | £27.50 | £25.00 |
Family (1 Adult and up to 3 children) | £16.50 | £15.00 |
Group (Adult 18+) | £9.50 | |
Group (Child 5-17) | £4.75 |
Second-hand bookshop in the roundhouse, outside visitor welcome, free to enter
Access to the car park is restricted - 2.3m high and 2m wide (7' 5” x 6' 5”). Free parking, no overnight parking allowed
Available next to bookshop, near rear entrance to visitor welcome
Dogs on leads welcome in all areas, please be aware that it can get very loud inside the forge when the machinery is working
Dogs allowed - more informationTours of Finch Foundry take in the gallery, launder, forge and carpenter's workshop. Please make tour guide aware of any special requirements
Guided tour - more informationUnisex toilets in visitor welcome area
Parking drop-off point. Car park height and width restriction: 2.3m by 2m. Grounds and buildings partly accessible. Machinery loud when running.
Unisex toilet in visitor welcome area has handrails but does not comply fully with accessibility requirements
One accessible parking space on right side of car park, gravel surface, 30m walk to visitor welcome on various surfaces
Drop-off is possible outside visitor welcome, either at end of restricted entrance to car park, or on main road
Fixed induction loop at till point, portable induction loop available on request for guided tours
Seating available throughout foundry, picnic tables in garden
Level access to visitor welcome (with a viewing window into the forge); the carpenter’s workshop (with a window onto the launder); and the toilets. The forge has some uneven steps and an uneven floor of compacted ash. The gallery is accessed by either uneven stone steps or a narrow wooden staircase
Available from visitor welcome for transfer from car park to visitor welcome, toilet, carpenter’s workshop and garden picnic area. Not suitable to take into forge or upstairs into gallery
Follow brown signs to exit A30 at Okehampton and take B3260 east for 4 miles to Sticklepath. The entrance to Finch Foundry is on the right, a narrow tunnel through the buildings.
Parking. Access to the car park is restricted - 2.3m high and 2m wide (7' 5” x 6' 5”). Free. Designated accessible parking available. No overnight parking allowed.
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Nearest train station is Okehampton, 4 miles from Finch Foundry. Plan your train journey with the Dartmoor Line
Onward travel is possible by bus, the Stagecoach 6A bus picks up from the train station, or by bicycle on National Cycle Network 27. There is no taxi rank at Okehampton station.
Services between Okehampton (including train station) and Exeter on Stagecoach 6A, or Okehampton and Newton Abbot on Country Bus 178. Alight at Sticklepath, Devonshire Inn.
Plan your bus journey with traveline south west
Finch Foundry is on Route 28 of the National Cycle Network (NCN28). Approximately 4 miles from Okehampton with no traffic-free sections. Find out more about NCN28
Plan your route to Finch Foundry using CycleStreets journey planner. (This journey planner uses OpenStreetMap data which is generally excellent but accuracy cannot be guaranteed. If you come to a footpath or other cycle-prohibited track, please don’t ride on it). Plan your CycleStreets journey to Finch Foundry
Cycle hire is available from Granite Way Cycles in Okehampton by the train station.
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The last working water-powered forge in England. Run by the enterprising Finch family in the 19th century.
Workshop filled with a range of edge tools, made over the years at Finch Foundry, for local industries.
Small cottage-style garden and lawn with picnic tables.
Decorative, thatched, wooden house built in the 19th century for Tom Pearce and moved to Finch Foundry in 1974.
A range of books to browse ranging from gardening, to novels to history.
Take a guided tour of Finch Foundry to experience the sights, sounds and smells of the last working water-powered forge in England and hear the stories of the people who worked there.
There are a range of second-hand books for sale in the roundhouse, open 11am to 3.30pm, found just outside visitor welcome. Every penny you spend or book you donate helps us to preserve this unique place.
A short circular walk following the River Taw and taking in Tarka Bridge and the water channel that powers Finch Foundry.
A woodland hide-out complete with a tree-top balcony and a riverside garden.
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A doorway to Dartmoor's industrial past. Take a guided tour of Finch Foundry to experience the sights, sounds and smells of one of the South West's most successful edge tool industries; which at its peak produced around 400 tools a day. Inspect the waterwheels that powered massive hammers, giant shears and a huge sharpening stone. Get an insight into the life of workers in the 19th century and learn about the enterprising Finch family.
Learn how Finch Foundry rose from humble origins to a key site in the British tool industry, under the leadership of various generations of the enterprising Finch family.
Discover the opportunities available for volunteering at Finch Foundry and what you could get out of it.
Explore the collection of tools on display at Finch Foundry, and learn what they tell us about the lives of the tradespeople who once used them.
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