Outwood Windmill Other

Outwood Windmill is the oldest windmill in Britain which is still working. OUTWOOD WINDMILL is one of the most picturesque in the country. It was built in 1665, and is the oldest windmill in Britain which is still working. The mill has won several awards and has featured in numerous films and television programmes. The windmill can be visited on Sundays and Bank Holidays, and parties can come by arrangement at other times.

Outwood Windmill is Britain's oldest working windmill. Listed Grade 1 by English Heritage, it has won numerous awards over the years and has appeared in a number of television programmes.

It was built in 1665 by Thomas Budgen of Nutfield, and is what is known as a Post Mill; the whole body, weighing around 25 tons, rotates on a central post made of a single enormous oak tree, to bring the mill round into the wind.

The mill is currently open to the public on Sunday afternoons, from Easter to October, plus other times for parties by appointment. The roundhouse at the base of the mill has a hand quern to show the operation of the millstones, & which visitors may use to mill flour for themselves.

The Windmill and grounds are open every Sunday and Bank Holiday, from Easter to the end of September. .