National Mills Weekend - Past Years' Events 🌍

UK National Mills Weekend 13th - 14th May 2006

During National Mills Weekend, a large number of the UK's remaining windmills and watermills are open to the public. This is coordinated by the

There is more info available on the SPAB Mills Section events page.

Details of other mills opening

Further details as I receive them will appear on this page.

Mills which will have stone ground flour available

UK National Mills Weekend 7th - 8th May 2005

During National Mills Weekend, a large number of the UK's remaining windmills and watermills are open to the public. This is coordinated by the

There is more info available on the SPAB Mills Section events page.

Details of other mills opening

• Sussex mills
• Mills on the Air and list of mills hosting radio stations
• Kent Mills - still to be updated with 2005 details last time I checked (Feb 2005)
• South Dorset Radio Society

Further details as I receive them will appear on this page.

Mills which have notified SPAB that they will be opening

UK National Mills Weekend 8th - 9th May 2004

During National Mills Weekend, a large number of the UK's remaining wind and watermills are open to the public. This is coordinated by the

There is more info available on the SPAB Mills Section events page.

Details of other mills opening

• Sussex mills opening for Mills Weekend 2004 and similar info from Jill windmill
• Mills on the air weekend
• Preston Mill, Scotland
• Green's mill, Nottingham is offering the chnace to work the mill on 9th May
• House Mill, Bromley By Bow has guided tours on both days
• Michelham Watermill, Sussex will work both days, water level permitting, and Long Man Morris will dance on Sunday
• Nunsfield Amateur Radio Group will be at Heage windmill
• Crabble Corn mill, Kent has tours, demonstrations, and talkshows on the restoration process
• Lacey Green windmill will be turning, weather permitting
• Kent windmills are opening for the weekend
• Sacrewell watermill, Peterborough will have milling demonstrations

Mills which will be open

Further information on mills which will be open includes:

• Mills in Cumbria, Lancashire, Cheshire & Gt. Manchester
• Chinnor windmill, Oxfordshire
• Mills on the Air - amateur radio broadcasting
• Kent Windmills
• Sussex mills
• Bursledon Windmill, Hampshire
• Redbournbury watermill, Hertfordshire
• Upminster windmill
• Mill on the Fleet, Scotland
• Acorn Bank - National Trust property

• SPAB mills section
• Backpackers Ultimate Guide
• Sussex Mills Group
• Sacrewell Farm, Peterborough
• Greens Mill, Nottingham
• Venn Mill, Oxfordshire

Check back here for further details as they become available.

And look out for posters like the following...

• Gleaston Water Mill
• Highfields Amateur Radio Club will be operating GB0MWL from the Melin Bopren Water mill at the Museum of Welsh Life St Fagans near Cardiff. Contact Kevin Dancer MW0 CCL on cardiff 029 20213018 for details
• The Millers Trail - Suffolk Mills
• The Wind Through Their Sails - Suffolk mills
• Venn Mill, Garford, Oxfordshire
• Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire
• New trail is grist to the mills
• Sarre, Kent
• Cossington water mill, Leicester

• Mapledurham watermill will be open on both days, milling on the sunday. Fresh bread to taste and buy made from our flour and baked on the Sunday morning. Morris dancers will also be there. Open from 2-5pm on both days
• Shipley windmill, West Sussex will be open on the Sunday contact: Penny Murray 01243 777642
• Herne windmill, Herne Bay, Kent will be open on the Sunday 11am - 5pm. Contact Mr Ken Cole 01227 361326
• Pann watermill, High Wycome will be open and milling on the Sunday from 11am - 5pm. This is the end of a long road of restoration back to working order.
• Danzey Green windmill, Avoncroft Museum Bromsgrove Open 10am - 5pm Sat and Sun Tel: 01527 831363
• Broad Eye windmill, Stafford Open 10am - 4pm Sunday only
• Churchill forge, near Kidderminster Open 2pm - 5pm Sunday only
• Sheepshed mill, near Loughborough Open 10am-4pm Sunday only
• New Hall mill, Sutton Coldfield Open 10 - 4pm Sunday only
• Upminster Windmill 2pm - 5.30pm both days

Look for the following poster advertising mills open in your local area:

If you fail to find time to visit mills during this weekend, you may care to note that many mills are open on other weekends throughout the year - full details can be found in the SPAB publication Mills Open

Not that they offer particularly good ecards, but Greetsomeone.com have put together a selection for "National Windmill Day!"

UK National Mills Weekend 8th - 9th May 1999

The event this year was far bigger than previous years - it expanded from being just one day to encompass the whole weekend of 8th and 9th May 1999. This year's theme was "Arts and Crafts".

Some details on-line:

• West Suffolk Mills - Pakenham, Bardwell, Thelnetham, Stanton
• Skidby windmill
• Museum of Welsh Life

Specific mill opening details

Cattell's Mill, Mill Road, Willingham, Cambridge

Open 11.00am - 4.00pm, Saturday and Sunday May 8th and 9th.
Tea and coffee available from the Tea Room. Exhibition at the Visitor Centre.
See the restoration in progress, plus Mill to Mill Amateur Radio link Up.
Ample Parking - see map

Wellesbourne, Watermill, Warwickshire

Stonegrouud flour will be milled by machincry driven by a large waterwheel and bran and semolina will also be produced. Visitors will see a blacksmith sorting out the mill's "chattering damsel" and loaves of bread will be baked in a wood-fired breadoven.

At one time there were several thousand water and wind powered mills in the country: now sadly a more handful. Enjoy this one for the day in its tranquil and secluded setting and find out more about "chattering damsels", semolina and traditional corn milling.

The mill is located on the B4086 and admission will be £3.00 for adults. £2.50 for Senior Citizens and students and £2.00 for children.

(For further information, ring 01789 470237)

Kent Windmills

Chillenden windmill : In fields north of Chillenden village, 4km SW of Sandwich.
Map Ref : TR268543
Phone : 01304 812320
Descrition : Built in 1868 this is one of the last 'open-trestle' post
windmills to be built in Britain.
Open : Sundays & Bank Holiday Mondays 14.00h - 16.30h May to August.

Sandwich White Mill :On the A257 west of Sandwich
Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund
Map Ref :TR323587
Phone : 01304 612076 or 0966 177587
E-mail : sandwich_mill@hotmail.com
Web : http://www.kent-museums.org.uk/whitemil/home.html
Description : A smock corn mill built circa 1760. Retains its original
wooden machinery, outbuildings and miller's cottage. Museum of Domestic,
Craft & Farming Items. Displays of photos of Victorian life in the area. Car
Park : Gift Shop : Toilets
Open : Easter to 12th September : Sundays & Bank Holiday Mondays : 14.30h -
17.30h
January to end of November : Fridays & Sundays : 10.00h - 12.00h.

Windmills and Watermills open in Oxfordshire

ARDINGTON MILL NGR:SU428881
About 2 miles E of Wantage and half mile S of the A417. On the Ginge Brook, a tributary of the Thames, at Home Farm. Part of the Lockinge Estate, the mill is older than it looks. It has lost its water supply and, although it does not turn, its corn-grinding machinery and interesting overshot waterwheel have been restored.
Saturday & Sunday, 2pm-5pm. Admission free.

ASCOTT UNDER WYCHWOOD. ASCOTT MILL NGR:SP309195
Half a mile NE of the village of Ascott under Wychwood, about 4 miles W of Charlbury. By the river Evenlode, a converted mill that has lost its water supply. The fine disused wooden clasp-armed waterwheel and wooden machinery on the ground floor are accessible.
Sunday, 11am-5pm. Admission free.

CHALGROVE MILL NGR: SU63 1970
At W end of Chalgrove village, just off the B480, 2 miles E of Stadhampton. An old mill that was extended later, it was restored to working condition in 1998. This included turning the overshot waterwheel around to become a high-breast one. The mill will be grinding corn powered by the waterwheel.
Saturday, 11am-4pm. Admission £1, children 50p.

CHARNEY BASSETT. CHARNEV MILL NGR:SU381945
In the village of Charney Bassett, opposite the church, this corn mill was driven by the River Ock, although the water is now diverted. It was built about 1800 and is gradually being restored by the Vale of White Horse Industrial Archaeology Group. The iron machinery is complete and a secondhand waterwheel is being installed.
Sunday, 2pm-5pm. Donations welcome.

CHINNOR WINDMILL NGR: SP750010
On W side of Chinnor village, 4.5 miles SE of Thame. A 1789 post mill being rebuilt by the Chinnor Windmill Restoration Society. The main post has now been erected and the frame of the buck is on the ground, with some machinery on-site.
Sunday, 10am-4pm. (Site accessible on Saturday also) Donations welcome.

CLANFIELD. LITTLE CLANFIELD MILL NGR:SP271014
About a mile W of Clanfield village, near Brampton. A corn mill that was rebuilt about 120 years ago on an older site beside a small tributary of the River Thames. All machinery was removed except for the outside iron waterwheel, but this has been repaired and will be turning.
Saturday & Sunday, 10am-5pm. Admission free. Cream teas available.

GARFORD. VENN MILL NGR:SU430949
On the A338 Oxford to Wantage road, one mile N of the village of East Hanney. A corn mill of about 1800 built on an ancient site beside the Childrey Brook, a tributary of the River Ock. An undershot waterwheel drives millstones by mainly wooden machinery. The mill will be working, grinding locally-grown wheat. Wholemeal flour on sale.
Sunday, 10am-5pm. Admission £1, children 50p.

MAPLEDURHAM MILL NGR: SU669767
Opposite the church in Mapledurham village, approximately 4 miles NW of Reading. This ancient watermill is the last to work on the River Thames and contains wooden machinery. The millstones are driven by a wooden undershot waterwheel. The mill will be grinding corn, with flour and bread on sale.
Saturday & Sunday, 2-5pm. Admission £2.50, children £1.50.

STADHAMPTON MILL NGR: SU604984
In Stadhampton village, a watermill in a lovely garden setting on a tributary of the River Thame. Although no longer in use, it retains its wooden machinery. The small overshot waterwheel will be turning.
Saturday, 2-6pm. Contributions to Stadhampton church restoration.

STANDLAKE. CHIJRCH MILL NGR:SP396038
Off Downs Road at Standlake, nearly opposite the church. The last mill on the River Windrush in working order. The undershot waterwheel has been repaired and powers the millstones. There was once a second waterwheel here. The mill will be working, with wholemeal flour and bread on sale. Morris dancers and other attractions.
Sunday, lOam-5pm. Admission £2, pensioners £1.50, children £1.

WANTAGE, HAM MILL NGR:SU391875
Off the B4507, on SW side of the town. A converted mill in an attractive garden with ponds fed by the Letcombe Brook. The mill has lost its machinery but a large iron waterwheel will be turning. There is also the frame of a second waterwheel.
Sunday, 12-5pm. Admission £1.

WHEATLEY WINDMILL NGR: SP589053
On the hill above Wheatley, just off the A40, 5 miles E of Oxford. An 18th century tower mill being restored by the Wheatley Windmill Society. The wooden machinery is still in place but much work still remains to be done on this important mill.
Sunday, 10am-5pm. Donations welcome.

North West of England

NWMG Area contacts:
Lancashire:     Stanley Brown. Tel: 01253 735247
Cheshire:       Stephen Penney. Tel: 01606 41331

NWMG general contact:
Stuart Mousdale, Chairman. Tel: 01928 726014

LANCASHIRE

HELMSHORE TEXTILE MUSEUMS
Holcombe Road, Helmshore, Rossendale Working waterwheel which naturally drives stocks fulling woollen cloth. Dramatic 714 spindle cotton mules spin miles of yarn a minute and are shown in action. Leave M65 Junction 5 and follow A6177 (Haslingden). NGR: SD 778 214 Contact: Ian Gibson, Tel: 01706 226459
Sat CLOSED Sun l2noon-5pm

LYTHAM WINDMILL
The Green, East Beach, Lytham. Fascinating exhibition of local history with ever-changing topics provided and staffed by volunteers of Lytham Heritage Group. Sails replaced after recent storm damage. Free admission. Follow signs for the coast road, A583/A584 from Preston to Lytham. NGR: SD 371 270 Contact: Vivien Wood, Tel: 01253 724141 ext. 3710
Sat 10.30am - 1pm & 2pm - 4.30pm Sun 10.30am - 1pm & 2pm - 4.30pm

MARSH MILL-IN-WYRE
Marsh Mill Craft Village, Thornton Cleveleys Restored late-i 8th century windmill, amongst the tallest in the Fylde, guided tours. Planned attractions include exhibition and activities in the mill, and in the Square, music (Saturday) and magic and brass band (Sunday). From M55 Junction 3 follow the A585 (Fleetwood) for approx 6 miles then follow signs for Marsh Mill. Details of public transport also available. NGR: SD 335 426 Contact: Tel: 01253 88744 (Vicky Tindall, Wyre BC) or 01253 860765 (Mill)
Sat 10.30am-5pm Sun 10.30am-5pm

OSWALDTWISTLE MILLS
Moscow Mill, Collier Street, Oswaldtwistle Textile time tunnel display, covering 300 years of the cotton industry, including a weavers cottage c.1750, set within a modern working weaving shed. Free admission. Craft and coffee shops. From M6 J.29; or M62 Junction 18 via M65 J.7, follow signs to Accrington, first right to Oswaldtwistle. Contact: Joan Evans, Tel: 01254 871025
Sat 11am - 4.30pm Sun llam - 4.30pm

QUEEN STREET MILL
Queen Street, Harle Syke, Burnley Coal-fired Lancashire boiler supplies steam to 500hp tandem compound engine coupled to over 300 Lancashire looms. The mill plans to be in steam and weaving. Leave M65 at J.10 or J.12 (latter has better signposted route). NGR: SD 867 349 Contact: lan Gibson, Tel: 01282412555
Sat 10.30am - 5pm Sun 1pm - 4pm

GREATER MANCHESTER

DUNHAM MASSEY MILL
Dunham Massey Hall, Altrincham 17th century corn watermill, refitted in 19th century as estate sawmill, now restored and preserved. In the grounds of Dunham Massey Hall, with gardens and deer park (National Trust). 3 miles SW of Altrincham off the A56, from the M6 J.19, from the M56 J.7. NGR: SJ 735 874 Contact: Visitor Services Department, Tel: 0161 941 1025
Sat 12-5pm Sun 12-5pm

CHESHIRE

BUNBURY WATERMILL
Mill Lane, off Bowesgate Road, Bunbury Working 19th century cornmill. Flour milling process demonstrated. Flour for sale. Mill Lane, off Bowesgate Road, Bunbury, near Tarporley. NGR: SJ 573 581 Contact: Dennis Buchanan, Tel: 01829 261422
Sat 2pm - 5pm Sun 2pm - 5pm

NETHER ALDERLEY MILL
Congleton Road, Nether Alderley Corn watermill in 15th century building with tandem overshot wheels, largely Victorian machinery restored to working order (National Trust). E side of A34, 1 1/2 miles S of Alderley Edge NGR: SJ 844 763 Contact: National Trust Styal Estate Office, Tel: 01625 523012
Sat CLOSED Sun 1pm - 4.30pm

QUARRY BANK MILL
Restored Georgian cotton mill, working museum. 1851 Fairbairn 1 OOhp high breastshot working waterwheel. Steam power beam engine. Interactive exhibits and audio visual theatre. Set in Styal Country Park (National Trust). Styal, 1 1/2 in N of Wilmslow off B51 66 NGR: SJ 834 831 Contact: Quarry Bank Mill Trust, Tel: 01625 527468
OPEN 11am-6pm

STRETTON MILL
Mill Lane, Stretton A largely timber-framed watermill, with 18th century sandstone additions. Overshot and breastshot waterwheels. Four sets of stones. Guided tours and interpretive displays. Signposted from the A534 (10 miles south of Chester) NGR: SJ 454 530 Contact: Stephen Penney, Tel: 0160641331
Sat 1pm-5pm Sun 1pm-5pm

CO. DURHAM

KILLHOPE LEAD MINING CENTRE Park Level Mine
Cowshill, Upper Weardale Underground mine, restored lead mine site. Exhibitions, shop and cafe. Bishop Auckland Radio Club doing "Mills on the Air". A689 Stanhope to Aiston Road, 1 1/2 miles from Cowshill towards Alston. NGR: NY 826 424 Contact: Kath Brown I Maureen Murray, Tel: 01388 537505
Sat 10.30am - 5pm Sun 10.30am - 5pm

CUMBRIA

ACORN BANK
Temple Sowerby, near Pen rith Restored watermill (National Trust). Acorn Bank Gardens and shop. Hope to have recently restored waterwheel turning. Mill open free of charge, donations welcome. 6 1/2 miles from Penrith, just off the A66, signposted from Temple Sowerby. NGR: NY 612 281 Contact: Sara Braithwaite, Tel: 01768 361893
Sat l0am - 5pm Sun l0am - 5pm

ALSTON HIGH MILL
Market Place, Alston Free entry to view the waterwheel, which is to be restored. Mill is on left behind shoe shop, down lane adjacent to market cross. NGR: NY 718 466 Contact: Hope Alderson, Tel: 01434382037
Sat l0am-5pm Sun l0am-5pm

BECKSIDE MILL
Beckside, Kirkby-in-Furness Manorial cornmili, now a house. Wheel restored and water supply. House and gardens will be open, and a number of items on display. Donations. At Kirkby crossroads, turn off A545, away from Duddon Estuary. About 1/3 mile turn right to Ulverston, Mill is on that corner. NGR: SD236822 Contact: Charles Rowntree, Tel: 01229 889373
Sat 10am - 6pm Sun l0am - 6pm

BLENNERHASSET MILL
Blennerhasset, near Aspatria Watermill undergoing restoration; organic gardens and renewable energy demonstration project. Access via Baggrow Lonning only on N. side of R. Ellen NGR: NY 184 419 Contact: Andy Curie, Tel: 016973 23523
Sat 11am - 5pm Sun 11am - 5pm

ESKDALE MILL
Boot Village, Eskdale Ancient Lakeland corn mill with two overshot waterwheels, 12' diameter. The mill is run daily for visitors and a guided tour is given. A short walk from Dalegarth Station on the Ravengiass & Eskdale steam railway; or over Wrynose & Hardnott Passes from central Lakeland. NGR: NY 176 012 Contact: Dave King, Tel: 01946723335
Sat 11am-5.30pm Sun 11am-5.30pm

FARFIELD MILL
Garsdale Road, Sedbergh 4 storey textile mill. Water turbine (not working), Dobcross looms, riverside walks. 1 1/2 miles from Sedbergh on left along Garsdale Road, next to Oakdene Guest House. NGR: SD 677 919 Contact: Maureen Lamb, Tel: 015396 20553
Sat l0am-4pm Sun l0am-4pm

GLEASTON WATERMILL
Gleaston, near Ulverston 18th century corn mill in 10 acre site, impressive wheel and machinery. Planned attractions include Archaeology, NFU, NWW and Police displays, amateur radio station, clog dancers & fiddle player, plant stall and various craft stalls. Follow the brown & white signs from A5087 coast road. NGR: SD 260 709 Contact: Vicky Brereton, Tel: 01229 869244, Website www.watermill.co.uk
Sat 11am-5pm Sun 11am-5pm

HERON CORN MILL & Museum ot Paper Making
By Waterhouse Mills, Beetham, Milnthorpe Fully working 18th century corn mill, 14ft breast shot wheel, Lowder type arrangement of stones. Exhibition of 900 years of milling on the site, gallery showing history of bread making. Museum of papermaking shows history of papermaking, ancient and modern, by various methods. 1 mile south of Milnthorpe on the A6, entry at the start of Beetham village signed with brown & white signs. 6 miles north of J35 of M6 to large roundabout, then take A6 north. NGR: SD 496 799 Contact: Administrator, Tel: 015395 65027
Sat 11am - 5pm Sun 11am - 5pm

MUNCASTER WATERMILL
Ravenglass Working watermill, mostly pre-1850 machinery grinding organic wheat, flour for sale. Woodland walks, tea & gift shop, bed & breakfast. Planned attractions include hints on bread making and comparison of bread-making machines; bodger, spinner and potter; and amateur radio station. Off the A59S, 1 mile NE of Ravenglass. Trains of the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway stop at the mill station by request. NGR: SD 096 978 Contact: Pam & Ernie Priestley, Tel: 01229 717232
Sat 10am - 5pm Sun 10am - 5pm

STOTT PARK BOBBIN MILL
Low Stott Park, Finsthwaite 19th century bobbin mill preserved as a working museum (English Heritage). Steam engine & water turbine. Last admission 1 hour before closing. Low Stott Park, 1/2 mile from Finsthwaite NGR: SD 373 883 Contact: Barbara Spearman, Tel: 0191 261 1585
Sat 10am - 6pm Sun 10am - 6pm

Photos from the day

Reports of the day

• Surfing the Net with kids - Wind Power - syndicated column which ran in a number of US and Canadian papers
• List of mills hosting amateur radio stations
• Crabble Corn Mill on air

I have left the pre-day information I had available, to give a further idea of the things that occured.

Press release from the SPAB

Open mills and special events

• Willesborough Windmill, Kent. Heavy Horses exhibition and competition.
• Crabble Corn Mill, Dover, Kent. Mill working, with costumed mill workers. Amateur radio station in operation.
• Sacrewell watermill, Peterborough
• Suffolk mills
• Hampshire mills

• Ifield watermill, West Sussex has a working waterwheel and displays of local history and milling equipment. Free admission between 2.30 and 5.00
• West Blatchington windmill, Hove will offer a demonstration of grinding using Bamfords Roller Grinding Mill powered by Lister 4hp stationary Diesel engine. Teas.
• Bardwell Mill, nr Bury St Edmonds hope to have the stones powered by a steam engine. The entire village is getting involved in the day.
• Ford End watermill will be milling between 3 and 5pm and will also have a portable milling machine driven by a stationary engine adjacent to the mill
• Church Mill, Standlake, Oxon will have fresh bread on sale made from mill flour, Morris dancers, a working forge, information on flora and fauna, and refreshments
• Quendale watermill, Shetland will be open from 10-5 offering tours, refershments, and a craft shop
• Felin Crewi watermill, Wales is one of many mills which welcome visitors
• Wicken Fen, Ely will be working (wind permitting)
• Redbournbury watermill, nr St Albans - stoneground flour and bread on sale, refreshments including cream teas. Crossley Diesel engine working and willow basket making
• Outwood windmill, Surrey will have a craft fair and barbecue, maypole dancing, uni-cycling, beer tent, and possibly Morris dancers
• Barry Mill, Angus will have a free entry day with milling demonstrations, vintage engine display, and green wood turning.
  
  

• Oxfordshire mills

  Information supplied by Mildred Cookson, miller at Mapledurham watermill.

  Ardington Mill

  NGR:SU428881

  About 2 miles E of Wantage, and half mile S of A417. On the Ginge Brook, a tributary of the Thames, at Home Farm. Part of the Lockinge Estate, the mill is older than it looks. Although there is no water supply, its corn-grinding machinery and interesting overshot waterwheel are restored. Open 2 - 5pm. Admission free.

  Ascott Under Wychwood, Ascott Mill

  NGR:SP309195

  Half a mile NE of village of Ascott under Wychwood, about 4 miles W of Charlbury. By the river Evenlode, a converted mill that has lost its water supply. The fine wooden waterwheel and wooden machinery on the ground floor are accessible. Stationary engines display, plant stall and refreshments. Open 12-5pm. Admission free. £1 car parking charge.

  Chalgrove Mill

  NGR:SU631970

  At W end of Chalgrove village, just off B480, 2 miles E of Stadhampton. An old mill, extended later, with waterwheel and most of its machinery. The waterwheel has just been restored and is now turning again. Open 2-5pm. Admission 50p, children 20p.

  Charney Bassett, Charney Mill

  NGR:SU381945

  In the village of Charney Bassett, oposite the church, this corn mill was driven by the River Ock, although the water is now diverted. It was built about 1800 and is gradually being restored by the Vale of White Horse Industrial Archaeology Group. The iron machinery is complete and a secondhand waterwheel is being installed. Open 2-5pm. Contributions welcome.

  Chinnor Windmill

  NGR:SP750010

  On W side of village of Chinnor, 4.5 mies SE of Thame. A post mill being rebuilt. The main post is now on its frame, and the rest is taking shape, with some machinery stored on-site. Any support will be appreciated. Open 2-5pm. Contributions welcome.

  Clanfield, Little Clanfield Mill

  NGR:SP271014

  About a mile W of Clanfield village, near Bampton. A corn mill that was rebuilt about 120 years ago on an older site beside a small tributary of the River Thames. All its machinery was removed except for the outside iron waterwheel, but this has just been repaired and will be turning. Open 10am-5pm. Admission free.

  Combe Mill

  NGR:SP418150

  In the valley between Combe and Long Hanborough, about 3 miles SW of Woodstock, off the A4095. Sawmill and workshops for the Blenheim Estate, formerly driven by water and steam. Beam-engine and other engines in steam. Blacksmith at work. Open 10am-5pm. Admission £2, children £1.

  Garford, Venn Mill

  NGR:SU430949

  On the A338 Oxford to Wantage road, one mile N of the village of East Hanney. A corn mill of about 1800, built on an ancient site beside the Childrey Brook, a tributary of the River Ock. An undershot waterwheel drives millstones by mainly wooden machinery. The mill will be working, grinding wholemeal flour, which is on sale. Open 10am-5pm. Admission £1, childrem 50p.

  Mapledurham Mill

  NGR:SU669767

  Opposite the church in Mapledurham village, approximately 4 miles NW of Reading. This ancient watermill is the last to work on the River Thames and contains wooden machinery. The millstones are driven by a wooden undershot waterwheel. The mill will be working with flour and bread on sale. Open 1-5pm. Admission £4, children £2. (inc. 17th century battle reenactment).

  Stadhampton Mill

  NGR:SU604984

  In Stadhampton village, a complete watermill in a lovely garden setting on a tributary of the River Thame. Although no longer used, the overshot waterwheel and wooden machinery will be turning. Open 12-5pm. Contributions to Stadhampton church restoration.

  Standlake, Church Mill

  NGR:SP396038

  Off Downs Road, Standlake, nearly opposite the church. The last mill on the River Windrush in working order. The undershot waterwheel has been repaired and powers the millstones. There was once a second waterwheel here. The mill will be working, with wholemeal flour and bread on sale. Other attractions. Refreshments. Open 10am-5pm. Admission £2, old age pensioners £1.50, children £1.

  Wantage, Ham Mill

  NGR:SU391875

  Off the B4507, on SW side of the town. This is a converted mill in an attractive garden with ponds fed by the Letcombe Brook. The mill has lost its machinery but a large iron waterwheel will be turning. There is also the frame of a second waterwheel. Organic vegetables for sale. Refreshments. Open 12-5pm. Admission £1.

  Wheatley Windmill

  NGR:SP589053

  On the hill above Wheatley, just off the A40, 5 miles E of Oxford. An 18th century tower being restored by the Wheatley Windmill Society. The wooden machinery is still in place but much work on this important mill still remains to be done and support for the Society will be appreciated. Open 10am-6pm. Admission free.

• Muncaster watermill
• Shipley windmill, Sussex.
• Wicken Fen.
• CBA briefing May 1997 from the Council for British Archaeology.
• Fulling Mill, Durham was one of many mills which operated amateur radio stations for the day.
• Outwood Mill held a Country Craft Fair.
• Kibworth Harcourt windmill, Leicestershire.