Stocks Windmill

Kent’s tallest post mill, dating from 1781, stands in the grounds of Stocks Mill House, once owned by the actor Norman Forbes Robertson, artist Randolph H. Sauter and Admiral Sir Edward Parry.

Machinery moved out early 1900s. Given to Kent County Council in 1980. Renovation work and some machinery replaced with new stones carried out by Kent County Council and Heritage Lottery Fund.

The mill is opened by the volunteers “The Friends of Stocks Mill”. There is a small display of artefacts and photos. A few souvenirs are also available.

For more information please visit the Stocks Windmill website or telephone 01797 270295 or 01797 270364.

Willesborough Windmill

Willesborough Windmill, built in 1869, Grade II* Listed, one of the largest smock mills in the South of England, is currently undergoing a second restoration with new sweeps high on the list. Meantime a Hornsby 14hp gas-oil engine turns the stones and the resulting stoneground strong bread flour is on sale in the barn.

Visitors can enjoy guided tours of the mill and Victorian cottage, visit the barn for tea and homemade cake, displays of Norman cycles, photography, and working model mills. Children are welcome and can learn how to make flour on quern stones.

Special events include Victorian weekends, abseiling teddy bears, shire horses, opera evenings. The mill is licensed for weddings and the barn can be hired for seminars, meetings and parties. School/group visits are during the week by arrangement. Wheelchair visitors to the ground floor can learn about the miller's life from a wonderful scale model of the mill.

For more information please visit the Willesborough Windmill website or telephone 01233 661866.