Millennium Mills

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The Millennium Mills is a derelict flour mill from the turn of the 20th century in West Silvertown on the south side of the Royal Victoria Dock, between the Thames Barrier and the ExCeL London exhibition centre alongside the newly built Britannia village, in Newham, London, England. The Mills are currently undergoing a major renovation as part of a £3.5 billion redevelopment of Silvertown. Along with Millennium Mills, there remains a small section of the now-destroyed Rank Hovis Premier Mill and a restored grade II listed grain silo, labelled the "D" silo. Described by the Evening Standard in 2009 as a "decaying industrial anachronism standing defiant and alone in the surrounding subtopia", the Millennium Mills has become a well-loved icon of post-industrial Britain and has made its way into many aspects of popular culture, being used as a backdrop in films and television shows such as Ashes to Ashes, London's Burning, and Derek Jarman's The Last of England. Millennium Mills is also a destination...

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