Herringfleet Windpump (Walker's Mill)
Herringfleet Windpump (Walker's Mill)
Windmill
A smock drainage mill, built in the 1820s and worked by marshmen until the 1950s. The last pumping mill of its type, with cloth-spread sails and a cap turned by tailpole and winch. Water is lifted from the dyke by the external scoopwheel. The mill pumps on open days. Unspoilt marshland setting. 1950s diesel pump adjacent.
Photograph © Bob Paterson under this...
Location
Grid reference:
TM 465 977
OS sheet:
134
Postcode: NR32 5QT
Geocode: @52.5205832, 1.651563 Open in Map
About 5 miles north west of Lowestoft. Access by footpath only from B1074 between St Olaves and Somerleyton (about half mile). Small car park beside B1074.
Contact
Opening Times:
For open days in 2016 contact Mark Barnard on 01473 264755 or by email.