A popular venue for painting and photography as well as yacht and dinghy sailing, Pin Mill is a hamlet on the south bank of the tidal River Orwell, on the outskirts of the village of Chelmondiston, on the Shotley peninsula in southern Suffolk.
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Description
Description
It lies within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is a designated Conservation Area with many signposted walks, including through the National Trust-run Cliff Plantation forest and Stour and Orwell Walk.
Pin Mill is perhaps best known for the traditional 17th century Butt & Oyster public house, a listed building with bay windows that afford panoramic views of the Orwell estuary.
Pin Mill was once a busy landing point for ship-borne cargo and a centre for the repair of Thames sailing barges as well as being home to small industries such as sail making.
The east coast has a long history of smuggling, in which Pin Mill and the Butt and Oyster pub allegedly played key parts.
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