Historic Dudley real-ale pub reopens a month after closure
A well-known real ale pub in a Black Country village has reopened, a month after it closed its doors.
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The Mill in Windmill Street, Upper Gornal, reopened this evening under new management.
The pub will be open from 4pm Monday-Friday, and from midday on Saturdays and Sundays.
Initially it is offering Holden's Golden Glow, XB and Special on cask. A spokesman said the new team was considering whether to offer food, but in the meantime it would be serving cobs and snacks.
Originally called The Windmill, the pub was opened by John Hyde in 1852. It was acquired by Holden's brewery in 1946, and became known as The Old Mill.
It was renamed just The Mill after a refurbishment in 2014.
The pub closed shortly after Christmas 2022 when the previous tenant left, but reopened in January 2023 as a managed pub.
It was built on or near the site of the former Rewardine windmill, which was later replaced by 'the new mill' in nearby Vale Street, which still stands today.
