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Photograph © Evelyn Simak, under this
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Berney Arms Windmill
Location
Grid reference: TG 465 050
OS sheet: 134
Postcode: NR30 1SB
On the N bank of the River Yare about 3.5 miles NE of Reedham. Train from Norwich or Great Yarmouth
to Berney Arms station, or from Halvergate on foot (3.5 miles). Accessible by boat from Haven Bridge,
Great Yarmouth.
One of the finest of Norfolk's tower mills, in the care of English Heritage. It has 7 floors, and is the
tallest mill in the Broadland area. It ground cement clinker until about 1880, and was then used for drainage
until 1951.
Opening times
Boat trips to the mill every Monday during July and August, 11.30am and 2.15pm from the Haven Bridge,
Great Yarmouth.
National Mills Weekend opening times
Saturday only 11.00 to 15.00.
Contact
Mill tours: tel. 01799 522842.
Ferry boat bookings: Gorleston Steam Packet Company, tel. 01502 574903 or 07910 657903.
Other enquiries: Simon Tandey, English Heritage, tel. 01493 857900.
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