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Photograph © Philip Hicks
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Oldland Windmill, Keymer
Location
Grid reference: TQ 321 163
OS sheet: 198
Postcode: BN6 8ND
About half mile north of Keymer, off B2116 Ockley Lane.
Turn right at the left bend down Mill Lane, but no vehicles please: this is a private road and
access to the mill is on foot only.
A white post mill, first known on a map dated 1703 and in operation until 1912. The mill has many unusual
features including an octagonal brick roundhouse and a fine collection of cast iron machinery. Some of the
machinery in the body was driven by an external steam engine. Currently under restoration to working order.
Opening times
First Sundays from May to September. Event days 11.00 - 16.00; other open days 14.00 - 17.00. (see web site). Visitors also welcome on working party days most Thursdays 10.00-16.00.
National Mills Weekend opening times
Saturday and Sunday, 14.00-17.00. Guides available to answer questions and the sweeps may be turning,
wind permitting.
Contact
Philip Hicks, tel. 01273 503747.
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