Read more
The Apsley Paper Trail charitable trust operates The Paper Trail Project at its two sites, Apsley Mills and Frogmore Mill. The project is run on a not-for-profit basis with the profits from all activities returned to the Trust in order to support the development and expansion of the project as a whole. This takes a lot of work and if you think you can help, please let us know. Read more
Running a book club, doing a sponsored activity or organising an appeal, could raise the funds that are needed to make roofs watertight, stop walls from crumbling, replace gutters and down-pipes, and the very many other day-to-day jobs that need doing, or even fund new initiatives. Help us with a social activity while having fun. Read more
We wish to invite everyone to share our passion for paper and will make arrangements for anyone with special requirements – just talk to us! Our Visitor Centre is accessible via a ramp and we have a lift to transfer people from the ground floor to pulper floor. We are by nature an old Victorian Mill and those visitors not able to use the final staircase can be taken to Fourdrinier No 2 via a different route. We just need to know in advance. Read more
Frogmore Paper Mill is a registered charity and in order to, move forward; we need funds. We aim to offer an exciting experience for all who visit, whatever their interest or knowledge of paper; the interested general public, industry specialists and education groups. If you are willing to donate for a specific or general cause, we will be happy to receive it. Read more
"Rags make paper, paper makes money, money makes banks, banks make loans, loans make beggars, beggars make rags. " Anon. English 19th C. Read more
A summary of the terms of use for this site and the conditions and licensing for reproduction Read more
Our modern café with riverside view is situated within what were once mill storage sheds, as can still be seen by the preserved wooden beams. Our café serves light refreshments; cold and hot drinks, cakes, biscuits and treats! Prices are from 20p for a lollipop to £2.50 and It is open Monday to Friday and every 1st Sunday in the month, during normal opening hours. We also have a display of second hand books for sale. Read more
Frogmore Paper Mill has been recycling for more than 100 years - recycling is not new! As a charity we can benefit from your waste paper and cardboard, which if not actually recycled can be sold on for extra funds. Read more
To satisfy the needs of business users the Challenge range of business products was developed. These included cash and receipt books, notebooks, record cards, filing systems and many more. Read more
The world-famous stationery rage was introduced in bout 1880 in Calcutta, India, when different colours of lion were used so that the local population who did not speak English could tell the difference between different grades of John Dickinson’s products. Read more
The company of Millington’s was a major manufacturer of envelopes based in Tottenham. At a Directors meeting at Basildon Park, near Reading, it was decided to make a new range of writing paper and envelopes with a high-quality watermarked paper to be sold at a low price. It was called Basildon Bond after their meeting place. In 1918 Dickinson’s bought out Millington’s after which Basildon Bond became a byword for high-class stationery. Read more
The British Paper Company Limited was formed in 1890 specifically to make paper from waste paper. Despite its grand name, the company has only ever operated from Frogmore Read more
The need for up-market writing sets, attractively boxed in faux leather cases, brought the Three Candlesticks range to market. The name was derived from a monetary coin token said to have been found in 1799 on the site of the Company’s former head office at 63/65 Old Bailey off Ludgate Hill in London. This token bore the sign of three candlesticks with the year 1649 and is thought to have been a tavern. Read more
We deliver activities for beavers, cubs, scouts, rainbows, brownies, guides, young farmers, boys brigade and more. Visits begin with drinks and biscuits, followed by hands on papermaking and a mill tour. We also offer a quiz as a light-hearted way of picking up a few facts. Sessions can be customised if you are working towards a particular badge such as science, art, recycling and history. Read more
If you are group activities organiser for a social group, be it U3A, WI, Probus or any other grouping; we can offer informative and entertaining talks about paper history and production with many entertaining asides and snippets of information you can amuse others with at your next dinner party! Paper is an infinitely fascinating and much overlooked commodity. Where would we be without it? Entertaining talk, presentation and demonstration. Read more
Frogmore Paper Mill is a place like no other to volunteer. It is a lovely location by the water, with friendly staff and no two days the same. However as a tour guide we are looking for people for specific roles but willingness to 'muck in' is always appreciated. The atmosphere is relaxed, though actually that can belie that we can be frantically busy! Read more
We hold a twice yearly craft fair with many interesting stalls, workshop activities, papermaking, BBQ, mill tours, boat rides and much, much more. Read more
Surprising facts about paper. Read more
For those of you interested in genealogy you may like to explore the ever growing information here. Our archive and genealogy groups - all volunteers - continue to painstakingly research and display information of former workers. Read more
Can you help us identify? Read more
About us Read more
Once a year we hold a Christmas Craft Fair within our museum display space and in fine weather, in front of our Visitor Centre. Stall holders display a variety of produce including, ceramics, jewellery, fudge, cakes, stationery, handbags and prints, while Frogmore staff offer a BBQ, café, mill tours and boat rides. Read more
The papermaking workshop picks up on facts presented in the introduction by demonstrating the papermaking process for making sheets by hand using a mould and deckle. Demonstrators make clear the professional process and how it is transferred to that of the machine. Read more
The tour enables students to see an industrial working environment and observe how the hand made process transfers to mechanisation. Read more