20 September 2025 (11:00 - 16:00)
21 September 2025 (11:00 - 16:00)
Tucked away in the heart of the Forest of Birse, the Finzean Bucket Mill is a rare and remarkable historic Category-A listed watermill, utilising waterpower and local timber to produce turned wooden buckets and pails.
Built in 1853, it stands on the site of an earlier mill. Developed by Peter Brown, three generations of the Brown family ran the Bucket Mill until the late 1970s, when stewardship passed to Stan Moyes, who with the help of many friends, repaired and returned the mill to working order, making Buckets from the same special 'commonty' woodland which sustained the mills of Finzean for over 200 years.
In 1999 the Birse Community Trust became the custodian of the Bucket Mill. In 2024, a new not-for-profit social enterprise, the Finzean Bucket Mill Community Interest Company was formed to safeguard the skills and knowledge accrued by Stan to enable them to be passed onto the next generation of bucket makers.
Plans are afoot to make repairs to the mill, which needs urgent repairs to the weir, sluice gates, mill lade and waterwheel.
Tours of the mill, which will last 1 hour, are available at the following times: 11am, 1pm and 3pm.
Photo credit Jim Henderson.

Address
Finzean Bucket Mill, Finzean, Banchory, AB31 6NE