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Bourn Windmill

Location
Grid reference: TL 312 580
OS sheet: 153
Postcode: CB23 2SU
About 11 miles west of Cambridge, off B1046. Reached via A1198 Royston to Huntingdon road. Mill is ¾ mile east of Caxton, signposted on open days only.

An open trestle post mill, extensively repaired and with most machinery intact. A mill is recorded on the site in 1636.

Opening times 2017
May to September, last Sunday in the month and National Mills Sunday, 14.00 to 16.00. (14 May, 25 June, 23 July, 13 August, 10 September). Other times by appointment. Further details from  web site.

National Mills Weekend opening times 2017
Sunday only, 14.00-16.00.

Contact
 Head of Properties and Green Spaces, Cambridge Past Present & Future (formerly Cambridge Preservation Society), Wandlebury Ring, Gog Magog Hills, Babraham, Cambridge CB22 3AE. Tel. 01223 243830.

Email
[email protected]

Web site
http://www.bourn.org.uk/index.asp?pageid=544853 or http://cambridgeppf.org/bourn-post-mill.shtml