Polegate Windmill

Type:Windmill

Park Croft, Willingdon, East Sussex, BN26 5LB

Tel: 01323 506795

brick windmill with white sails

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This 4-storey brick tower mill built in 1817, last worked by wind in 1942, restored in 1967, with three pairs of millstones and three working oat crushers. Cap and sweeps now turn to wind. Guided tours. Museum of milling including interactive exhibits.

Due to the state of the supporting timbers within the brick tower their unable to allow the public up the three flights of stairs but they can enter their comprehensive milling museum, walk around the mill outside and have hot drinks and cakes inside the cafe.

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