Wicken Windmill
Wicken Windmill
Windmill
A vertically boarded smock mill in the Cambridgeshire style, restored by its owners and supporters. The only working 12-sided smock mill in the UK. Milling wholemeal and white flour solely by wind.
Photograph © Bob Paterson under this...
Location
TL 570 705
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About 9 miles south east of Ely, on A1123 in the centre of Wicken village. in the centre of the village on the S side of A1123, access opposite the Maid's Head pub, 150yds west. Parking available.
SAT NAV: CB7 5XR
Contact
Opening Times:
The mill is open to the public the 1st full weekend of each month, March to November. (December to January the first Saturday of the month). Hours: 10.30 to 17.30. Otherwise, if the sails are turning we are open!
News & Events:
National Mills Weekend: The mill will be open Saturday and Sunday, 10.30am to 5.30pm.
Additional Information:
Shop selling flour and guidebooks. Currently 3 wheat flours are available, produced solely by wind power: finely ground Wicken Wholemeal, Wicken White Flour, and Finest White. Wicken Spelt & Rye meal are on sale. Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve and windpump 1/2mile away. Stretham Old Engine 5 miles. TCMG web page: https://tcmg.org.uk/wicken-fen-windmill-cambridgeshire/