Welcome to the Innovation Cafe at Hebden Bridge Mill!

Innovation’s airy, informal riverside cafe is a home from home, popular with locals and welcoming to our many visitors. Pop in for a morning coffee, lunch with wine on the river terrace or afternoon tea with scones and cakes.

The wide-ranging menu takes in family friendly toasties and jacket potatoes alongside veggie and healthy options; home-made ‘Dishes of the Day’ and celebrated soups. We also serve ‘Taylor’s of Harrogate’ Yorkshire tea and coffee plus locally brewed beers and good value house wines.

We are proud to show off our sunny, friendly, ‘get together’ space and our amazing team, along with our great options including:  Farm sourced traditional dishes & celebrated Soups, Veggie & healthy eating options, Home-made scones & cakes, Speciality ‘Yorkshire’ tea, coffee & local beers as well as our famous Riverside & street side terraces.

KNOW that by choosing to eat and drink at the INNOVATION Cafe, you are doing your bit to save the planet from future global warming!

Trace the 700 years of HEBDEN BRIDGE MILL on the cafe’s heritage story boards and see our on-going eco-power project in action: the restored millennium waterwheel and mighty Archimedes Screw which supply our river-powered electricity.

There is something for everyone to see here as well as our gift shop, which is also listed on this site within the shopping section.  CLICK HERE TO SEE IT!