Mossley Mill

What it’s like

A council building in Newtownabbey with a café upstairs, worth knowing about for a coffee stop rather than a big day out.

This one's not a model village or a miniature railway despite where it's filed. It's Mossley Mill, a council building that houses Yarn's Kitchen, a first-floor café doing fresh hot food on weekdays. There's a toilet on site, which matters more than it sounds once you've got a little one who's just announced they need to go.

It's only open Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm, and shut at weekends, so this isn't a Saturday plan. The café itself only runs until 3pm, so if you're aiming for lunch you'll want to get there well before closing. It also closes for a run of public holidays through the year, including St Patrick's Day and both Easter and Spring bank holidays, so a quick check of the calendar saves a wasted trip.

Given the opening hours, this reads more like a weekday stop with a toddler in tow, maybe on the way to or from somewhere else, than a destination you'd build a whole day around. There's not much here to occupy older kids for long, but a hot meal and a clean toilet on a weekday afternoon count for something.

Facilities

Need to know

Food

Yarn's Kitchen on 1st floor, open Monday-Friday 9am-3pm, serving fresh hot food

• Closed at weekends, so plan a weekday visit
• The café stops serving at 3pm, earlier than the building's closing time
• Shut for several public holidays across the year, including Easter weekend

Plan your visit

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