Steam Mills

Steam Mills is a village in the Forest of Dean, west Gloucestershire, England.

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Steam Mills
Steam Mills Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference	SO647157
District	Forest of Dean
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Forest of Dean
List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51.839°N 2.512°W / 51.839; -2.512

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During the 18th and 19th centuries there were local coal mines and a steam-powered mill, which lead to the name of the village.^[1] An engineering works was established in the 1880s to support the mining.^[2]

Today the village has an industrial park for businesses (including Freeminers Brewery, named after the Forest of Dean custom of free-mining^[3]), a petrol filling station and a carpet shop.

The village is home to Steam Mills Primary School^[4] designed by architect Alfred Smith.

The 5 acres (2.0 ha) lake is used for angling with Carp, Bream and Brown Trout being caught.^[5]