Upminster Windmill

Upminster Windmill

Heritage | Education | Community

Welcome to our windmill, visitor centre and garden. The windmill is run by volunteers who conserve the site, maintain the working windmill and operate it as a heritage attraction, educational facility and community resource.

What’s On at the Windmill

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Garden & Visitor Centre Open Day

10:00 am – 4:00 pm10:00 – 16:0010:00 – 16:00

Garden & Visitor Centre Open Day

10:00 am – 4:00 pm10:00 – 16:0010:00 – 16:00

Garden and Visitor Centre open to enjoy tea/coffee and a cake in a peaceful setting. View displays in the Visitor Centre of the heritage of the windmill and domestic and personal possessions of the millers.

10:00 am – 4:00 pm10:00 – 16:0010:00 – 16:00

Garden & Visitor Centre Open Day

10:00 am – 4:00 pm10:00 – 16:0010:00 – 16:00

Garden & Visitor Centre Open Day

10:00 am – 4:00 pm10:00 – 16:0010:00 – 16:00

Garden and Visitor Centre open to enjoy tea/coffee and a cake in a peaceful setting. View displays in the Visitor Centre of the heritage of the windmill and domestic and personal possessions of the millers.

10:00 am – 4:00 pm10:00 – 16:0010:00 – 16:00

National Mills Weekend - Saturday

10:00 am – 4:00 pm10:00 – 16:0010:00 – 16:00

National Mills Weekend - Saturday

10:00 am – 4:00 pm10:00 – 16:0010:00 – 16:00

A full windmill open day celebrating National Mills Weekend, along with other mills around the country.

Morris dancing at noon and 1:30pm

Amateur radio display and worldwide contacts

10:00 am – 4:00 pm10:00 – 16:0010:00 – 16:00

National Mills Weekend - Sunday

10:00 am – 4:00 pm10:00 – 16:0010:00 – 16:00

National Mills Weekend - Sunday

10:00 am – 4:00 pm10:00 – 16:0010:00 – 16:00

A full windmill open day celebrating National Mills Weekend, along with other mills around the country.

Amateur radio display and worldwide contacts.

10:00 am – 4:00 pm10:00 – 16:0010:00 – 16:00

Summer Fair and Windmill Open Day

10:00 am – 4:00 pm10:00 – 16:0010:00 – 16:00

Summer Fair and Windmill Open Day

10:00 am – 4:00 pm10:00 – 16:0010:00 – 16:00

Summer Fair around the Windmill – sails turning subject to weather. Windmill, Visitor Centre and Gardens open, activities for the kids, refreshments available

10:00 am – 4:00 pm10:00 – 16:0010:00 – 16:00

Windmill Open Day

10:00 am – 4:00 pm10:00 – 16:0010:00 – 16:00

Windmill Open Day

10:00 am – 4:00 pm10:00 – 16:0010:00 – 16:00

Windmill Open Day – sails turning subject to weather. Windmill, Visitor Centre and Gardens open, activities for the kids, refreshments available

10:00 am – 4:00 pm10:00 – 16:0010:00 – 16:00

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Upminster Windmill was built for James Nokes, a local farmer, in 1803. It is a Grade II* listed building and in terms of quality, completeness and significance it is widely considered to be amongst the very best remaining English smock mills.

WINDMILL WHIRL-OFF

A fun and friendly international celebration of windmill sail rotation …
… because keeping windmills turning is keeping heritage alive.

We’re delighted to have partnered with mills across the UK, the Netherlands and Germany in a fun and friendly competition to see whose sails turn the most.

See the up-to-the-minute league table at www.smartmolen.com/whirloff

The re-opening of Upminster Windmill was featured on BBC London News in September 2023

BBC News Report

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