Nutley Windmill
Visit Nutley Windmill
Come and see the oldest, only working open-trestle post mill in the country. Set in the beautiful landscape of Ashdown Forest, East Sussex. Nutley Windmill is a very fine example of the oldest post mill design, known in the country since the 12th Century. Nutley Windmill is over 300 years old. It was brought to its current site around 1835.
*Open Days are subject to there being enough volunteers to open the mill safely.
Entrance is by voluntary donations. Suggested donation of £3 per person.
Contact 01435 873367 nutley_mill@btinternet.com
Nutley Windmill, Crowborough Road, Nutley, East Sussex, TN22 3HY
Car parking for the mill is at Friends Clump – 400m from the mill. Please note that parking charges now apply to all Ashdown Forest car parks. Map here
Disabled parking available on site.
Why not include a walk on your visit to Nutley Windmill that takes you around the beautiful Ashdown Forest. A 1.7 miles / 2.8 km circular walk taking in Friends Clump, Nutley Windmill, Millbrook Valley and Old Lodge. Download the walk here
Open-days dates for 2023
Sunday 26th March.
Sunday 30th April.
Sat. 13th & Sun. 14th May. *1
Sun. 28th & Mon. 29th May. *2
Sunday 25th June. *3
Sunday 30th July. *4
Sun. 27th & Mon. 28th August. *5
Sunday 24th September.
Sunday 8th October. *6
*Notes
1, National Mills Weekend with West Kent Amateur Radio Society contacting other mills. Special events call sign GB2NW 2, Spring Bank Holiday. 3, Kent & Sussex Stationary Engine Society. 4, E. Sussex MG Owners Club 5, Summer Bank Holiday 6, This open-day is before the clocks go back to GMT |
Opening times are:-2:30pm to 5:30pm or dusk whichever is soonest.
As well as the above we are open on most Wednesdays throughout the year from about 11am to 3pm (or dusk). Entrance is by voluntary donations. Suggested donation of £3 per person.
Please note that some of the above dates may be subject to change or be unable to open due means beyond our control. We apologies for the inconvenience this may cause.


History
The earliest record of a windmill at Nutley appears in the Manor of Duddleswell Court Book dated 20th May 1836 in which James Wood is recorded as selling ‘all that piece of land …. on which Henry Sitford has lately erected a windmill’.
It is possible that before 1836 the mill stood at Kilndown near Goudhurst where a mill ‘disappeared’ somewhere between 1710 and 1769. Certainly mills were moved across country, a famous local example being a post mill moved in 1797 from Regency Square, Brighton to Shaw Road, Preston by a team of 86 oxen.
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News
- Exhibition ‘200 Years of Nutley Windmill’
Our exhibition ‘200 years of Nutley Windmill’ is on now at Bridge Cottage. Open 10am-2pm Saturday 20th May – Saturday 27th May 2023.
- Nutley Windmill Open Day 30th June 2019
Open 11:00 -17:30 or dusk. Entrance is free but donations are welcomed. Suggested donation of £2 per person. Come and see the oldest, only working open-trestle post mill in the country. Set in the beautiful landscape of Ashdown Forest, East […]