Photograph © Roy Parkhouse, under this Creative Commons licence

Wheatley Windmill

Location

Grid reference: SP 589 054
OS sheet: 164
Postcode: OX33 1TA
About 6 miles east of Oxford, off A40, quarter mile west of Wheatley, turn right from Ladder Hill into Windmill Lane.

An octagonal 3-storey stone tower mill, which dates from 1764. The mill used to grind ochre as well as wheat. Privately owned. The mill has now been restored by volunteers and is in working order, with new cap and sails.

Opening times

2nd Sunday in month from June to September, 14.00-18.00, and October, 14.00-17.00. Parties by appointment.

National Mills Weekend opening times

Sunday, 11.00-18.00.

Contact

Mrs Mavis Ramsden, tel. 01865 874610.

Email

admin@wheatleymill.co.uk

Web site

www.wheatleymill.co.uk