Situated on the Coast Road just outside the market town of Ulverston. A converted 18th century tidal mill, its traditional barn features still remain with a vaulted ceiling and original beams. Available for hire 7 days a week Martin, Helen and their daughter Nicola have been coordinating events at the seaside location since 2008.
Their journey began in the neighboring village of Baycliffe where they established The Farm Shop in 1988 a butchers and bakers, they then expanded into outside catering when Nicola joined them traveling around the Furness Peninsular and into the beautiful Lake District with their homemade food for special occasions and this remains a big part of the family business.
Their journey began in the neighboring village of Baycliffe where they established The Farm Shop in 1988 a butchers and bakers, they then expanded into outside catering when Nicola joined them traveling around the Furness Peninsular and into the beautiful Lake District with their homemade food for special occasions and this remains a big part of the family business.
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The Olde Mill has been one of The Lake District and Furness's most popular wedding venues for nearly 80 years. Situated on the edge of Morecambe Bay where the rolling hills of South Lakeland meet the Irish Sea. Your wedding day can be large and formal, small and intimate or totally casual - however you wish, we are here to create the ideal wedding service for you.
The comfortable lounge area has traditional beams and a limestone featured oak bar offering a full range of wines, beers and spirits. Local real ales are supplied from Ulverston Brewery featuring Laurel and Hardy classic ales, our wine is supplied from The Porterage Co, Greenodd. Dizzy - the fizzy beetle!
Our family-run catering company is based in south Cumbria providing lovely buffet lunches, wonderful wedding services, creative sharing platters, professional corporate catering and traditional afternoon teas. Using delicious homemade and local produce to create food that makes people smile. We love parties - that is what our business is all about, creating fabulous food that looks beautiful for your special celebrations.
Reviews (12)
David Drinkald
Jan 23, 2022
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Kathryn White
Oct 31, 2021
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Helen, Martin and Nicola arranged our wedding reception back in 2019, and on Sunday we were back for our little boys christening!
On both occasions the food was lovely and Helen and Martin are the perfect hosts! Anything specific we asked for was accommodated with ease and the quality of food on both occasions was amazing, all prepared themselves and made and baked from scratch. On both occasions guests have commented on the lovely friendly atmosphere and excellent food.
There would be no doubt we would return for any future family gatherings again, with no question that both the food and service
On both occasions the food was lovely and Helen and Martin are the perfect hosts! Anything specific we asked for was accommodated with ease and the quality of food on both occasions was amazing, all prepared themselves and made and baked from scratch. On both occasions guests have commented on the lovely friendly atmosphere and excellent food.
There would be no doubt we would return for any future family gatherings again, with no question that both the food and service
Helen Irving
Oct 19, 2021
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Natasha Graham
Sep 26, 2021
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I had the displeasure of using this company for my parents Golden Wedding Anniversary. We paid £730 for 30 adults and 10 kids. We requested only 20 portions of pudding because not everyone likes dessert and we also bought 2 cakes from a local company. When the food arrived we were in utter shock with the amount of food provided, expecting to feed 40 people. What should have been a happy and joyous occasion with no stress became so stressful as we had to cook more food to bulk it out and be able to feed everyone. We did have problems contacting Helen due to a bad signal but she eventually arrived
Cally-Jo Dawson
Sep 22, 2021
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We recently celebrated our wedding at The Olde Mill and what an amazing day we had!
The whole team were outstanding from start to finish. Nothing is ever a problem and they did all they could to make our day exactly as we wished! (Including adding Dark Fruits to the bar!!)
All the food throughout the day was brilliant, plenty to go around and extremely tasty as always.
The service we received before, during and after the event was superb!
Big thankyou to Helen, Martin, Nic and all the team! You are all amazing and should be very proud of your beautiful venue and the service you provide!
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The whole team were outstanding from start to finish. Nothing is ever a problem and they did all they could to make our day exactly as we wished! (Including adding Dark Fruits to the bar!!)
All the food throughout the day was brilliant, plenty to go around and extremely tasty as always.
The service we received before, during and after the event was superb!
Big thankyou to Helen, Martin, Nic and all the team! You are all amazing and should be very proud of your beautiful venue and the service you provide!
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Brenda Robertshaw
Sep 19, 2021
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Leann Hagan
Sep 18, 2021
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The most beautiful venue and delicious food. We had our wedding at the Olde Mill in Aug 2021. Helen and Martin were amazing through all three of our date changes and made everything easy and stress free for us. Nothing was ever too much for them from dressing the venue and food presentation to ensuring the final stragglers at the bar got home safe. So happy we chose this very professional small family business. The whole day was much more personal and unique to us. Thanks Helen and Martin and your whole team who were simply amazing on the day
Caroline Varty
Sep 11, 2021
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After we booked a week away in Ulverston for our parents anniversary we were highly disappointed in the value, quality and the manager of this company!
We hired Premier Catering for a 50th Golden wedding anniversary and paid £730 for a buffet to be delivered for 30 adults and 10 kids. The amount of food we received was laughable. This led to us having to cook extra food to make sure everyone was fed, which wasn’t great when the reason we had decided to get the buffet was so we were not stressed on a day we should have been celebrating.
We were not given the time that they were going to deliver
We hired Premier Catering for a 50th Golden wedding anniversary and paid £730 for a buffet to be delivered for 30 adults and 10 kids. The amount of food we received was laughable. This led to us having to cook extra food to make sure everyone was fed, which wasn’t great when the reason we had decided to get the buffet was so we were not stressed on a day we should have been celebrating.
We were not given the time that they were going to deliver
Paul Coulthurst
Sep 11, 2021
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Ellie Shuker
Sep 10, 2021
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My family spent £750 on the premier catering and were extremely disappointed in the amount of food received for the amount of money spent. Unfortunately many of the party were left feeling hungry and were forced to cook last minute to fill the meal out.
£100 was spent on the children’s menu and they received one sausage roll and one sandwich each. There was one bag of crisps to feed 10 children which is laughable.
£100 was spent on deserts and only 2 small plates of cakes were provided.
The staff are completely unwilling to acknowledge our complaints or come to a reasonable
£100 was spent on the children’s menu and they received one sausage roll and one sandwich each. There was one bag of crisps to feed 10 children which is laughable.
£100 was spent on deserts and only 2 small plates of cakes were provided.
The staff are completely unwilling to acknowledge our complaints or come to a reasonable
Natasha Graham
Sep 06, 2021
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We booked this company for a golden wedding anniversary for my parents 50th wedding anniversary and were very shocked with the minimum amount of food that was put out for the amount we spent. None of the food complimented each other (I.e there was meat but not a lot to go with it).
The whole point in having a caterer for the evening was to take away the stress of one of us having to cook. The food was so scarce we had a last minute panic cooking things to fill the table.
Ifany company had dealt with this in the correct manner we would have accepted an apology and discussed a way forward but Helen
The whole point in having a caterer for the evening was to take away the stress of one of us having to cook. The food was so scarce we had a last minute panic cooking things to fill the table.
Ifany company had dealt with this in the correct manner we would have accepted an apology and discussed a way forward but Helen
Fabianne Milby
Aug 01, 2021
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Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value
Myself and my family have visited The Olde Mill on several occasions for different events/functions. Helen and Martin always go out of their way to make you feel welcome and their team of staff are always polite and friendly. The food is amazing and the service is exceptional. Not to mention the beautiful venue ⭐️
Myself and my family have visited The Olde Mill on several occasions for different events/functions. Helen and Martin always go out of their way to make you feel welcome and their team of staff are always polite and friendly. The food is amazing and the service is exceptional. Not to mention the beautiful venue ⭐️
