Northfield Windmill
Northfield Windmill
Windmill
A small hexagonal smock mill, understood to have been built as a drainage mill in C18 and later (c1834) moved to its present site, raised on a brick plinth up to three storeys and converted to grind corn. Inside, much of the machinery is intact, including the windshaft, wallower and main shaft. The great spurwheel on the ground floor drives two millstones on the floor above.
Location
TL 587 751
143
Just off the A142 bypass, north of Soham. From Ely, approaching Soham, follow signs to Newmarket turning first L off the roundabout. From Newmarket, follow signs to Ely, after the 'Northfield Road Crossroads' sign, turn R just before the the roundabout.
SAT NAV: CB7 5DE
Contact
Opening Times:
By arrangement only at present.
News & Events:
Open for National Mills Weekend 2023 on Saturday 13th May from 11am-3pm