Saturday & Sunday 10th & 11th May
National Mills Weekend
Morris dancers at Stone Cross Windmill
Photo by David Jones
Open Day at Nutley Windmill : Photo by Nick Linazasoro
Wind and water are sustainable power sources, used for hundreds of years in Britain in the production of natural food.
There are currently more than 100 working mills capable of producing natural, stoneground flour and many of these will be open to the public during National Mills Weekend. In addition, over the weekend, a further 300 mills throughout the country will be welcoming visitors.
SPAB's Windmill Committee was formed in 1931 in response to an alarming decline in the numbers of the country's windmills. Later it included watermills within its interests, and it "encouraged the art of country milling". Still active today the SPAB is the only national amenity society dedicated to the protection of our milling heritage.
Some working mills are more than 300 years old yet still efficiently doing the job in the 21st century that they were built and designed for.
Long Man Morris plan to dance "The Windmill Tour" on Sunday 11th May 2025. Timings are:
Polegate 1 pm, Stone Cross 2 pm, Windmill Hill 3 pm
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Sussex Mills Group and S.I.A.S. Members inspecting the Oldland Windmill sweeps during a mills tour [Photo : Peter Holtham]
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