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Photograph © Gareth Hughes, under this
Creative Commons licence
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Buttrum's Windmill, Woodbridge
Location
Grid reference: TM 264 493
OS sheet: 169
Postcode: IP12 4JJ
In Burkitt Road, Woodbridge, half mile west of town centre. Turn off A12 at Grundisburgh Road roundabout;
mill is signposted. Small car park adjacent.
A 6-storey tower mill, probably built in 1836 by the Wickham Market millwright, John Whitmore, and one of
the finest examples of his work. Last worked in 1928, and restored in the 1980s. The sails and cap now turn
again, and there is some fine internal machinery, including four pairs of millstones. Ground floor display
of history and workings.
Opening times
Sundays in May - October. (See
web site
for dates), 14.00-16.30. Other times by appointment.
National Mills Weekend opening times 2015
Saturday
& Sunday
14.00-16.30.
Contact
Mark Barnard, Suffolk County Council, tel. 01473 264755.
Web site
http://www.suffolkmills.org.uk/windmills/woodbridge.html
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