Apsley Paper Trail

The world of paper - from its industrial beginnings to its sustainable future.
The Paper Trail project is a unique activity-based industrial sustainability 'exploration' centre built around the two sites – Frogmore Mill and Apsley Mills – that were the birthplace of paper’s industrial revolution 200 years ago. Frogmore Mill is still a working paper mill and offers access into the heart of this real working environment for schools, community groups and the general public.

The project allows visitors to learn about and experience:

* the past of an industry that helped shape the modern world
* the present of commercial recycled papermaking (on a Victorian, steam driven machine)
* the future of one of the world's few inherently sustainable industries - paper.

Frogmore Mill is the world's oldest commercial mechanised paper mill and has specialised in recycled papermaking for 110 years. Our current recycling scheme - Paper Magic for schools - is intended to turn Frogmore into one of industry's newest sustainability concepts, the community recycling mill.