Wimbledon Windmill Museum

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Wimbledon Windmill Museum The only museum about windmills, milling, local history PLUS the Scouting movement &....Wombles! Open Saturday 2-5pm and Sunday 11-5pm - British Summer Time.

Located where Wimbledon Common meets Putney Common in South West London. Free entry A Grade II listed windmill on Wimbledon Common. Open on summer weekends & bank holidays: closed during winter. Open for educational and group visits at other times by arrangement; visit www.wimbledonwindmill.org.uk Admission is free - donations at your discretion but gratefully received.

It's World Bread Day, and as a former flour mill we feel some ownership of it. In 1817, Charles March got a lease on Wim...
16/10/2026

It's World Bread Day, and as a former flour mill we feel some ownership of it. In 1817, Charles March got a lease on Wimbledon Common for two shillings a year, on one condition: build a public corn mill for the neighbourhood. Sails turn this Saturday and Sunday at 2pm; the museum is open Sunday 11am to 5pm.

15/10/2026

Sails turning this weekend: Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October at 2pm, wind permitting. They usually turn for 30 to 45 minutes. The museum is open Sunday 11am to 5pm, free entry.

In 1864 Earl Spencer planned to enclose Wimbledon Common. The miller was evicted and the windmill stopped grinding. It b...
13/10/2026

In 1864 Earl Spencer planned to enclose Wimbledon Common. The miller was evicted and the windmill stopped grinding. It became homes for six families instead. The Earl didn't get his way: the 1871 Commons Act kept the Common for local people. We tell the whole story inside the museum. Sundays 11am to 5pm.

Every open Sunday happens because volunteers give up their time. The museum has no public funding and no paid staff on t...
11/10/2026

Every open Sunday happens because volunteers give up their time. The museum has no public funding and no paid staff on the door. To all of them: thank you. If you'd like to help too, you can donate in the museum or online at wimbledonwindmill.org.uk.

It's World Mental Health Day. If you can, get out on the Common this weekend. If your walk passes the windmill tomorrow,...
10/10/2026

It's World Mental Health Day. If you can, get out on the Common this weekend. If your walk passes the windmill tomorrow, come in: we're open Sunday 11am to 5pm, free entry.

'All grist to the mill.' Grist is grain ready for grinding. Millers took a share of whatever they ground as payment, so ...
09/10/2026

'All grist to the mill.' Grist is grain ready for grinding. Millers took a share of whatever they ground as payment, so every sack counted, good or bad. The phrase has been around since at least the 1500s. Come and see where the grinding happened, Sundays 11am to 5pm.

In the winter of 1907, a man sat in a cottage just behind Wimbledon Windmill and wrote one of the most widely read books...
08/10/2026

In the winter of 1907, a man sat in a cottage just behind Wimbledon Windmill and wrote one of the most widely read books of the 20th century.

His name was Robert Baden-Powell. The book was Scouting for Boys.

The cottage was originally built in 1818 for the windmill's first miller. It still stands just behind the mill today.

Over 600 million copies of Scouting for Boys have been sold. Not bad for a quiet winter in Wimbledon.

The Scout connection is part of the story we tell inside the museum. Come and have a look this weekend.

Robert Baden-Powell wrote parts of Scouting for Boys at the Mill House, next to our windmill, in 1908. There's a plaque ...
06/10/2026

Robert Baden-Powell wrote parts of Scouting for Boys at the Mill House, next to our windmill, in 1908. There's a plaque to prove it. The Scouting story is one of the displays in the museum. Open Sundays 11am to 5pm until 25 October, free entry.

The museum is open because people choose to be here.Not because it's their job. Because they care about this place, this...
04/10/2026

The museum is open because people choose to be here.

Not because it's their job. Because they care about this place, this community, and this history. As we come toward the end of the season (we close for winter at the end of the month) - lets send a HUGE THANKYOU to all of the dedicated volunteers who have helped this year to keep us open. We really couldn't do it without you.

Every weekend, our volunteers open the doors, explain the exhibits, and make sure that anyone who wanders in leaves knowing something they didn't know before.

We're always looking for more of them. If you live locally and want to be part of something genuinely good, get in touch. Drop us a message or come and find us at the weekend.

Fifty years ago, in 1976, Wimbledon Windmill opened its doors as a museum. It had stopped grinding flour in 1864 and spe...
04/10/2026

Fifty years ago, in 1976, Wimbledon Windmill opened its doors as a museum. It had stopped grinding flour in 1864 and spent years as homes before that. Still free, still volunteer-run. Open Sundays, 11am to 5pm, until 25 October.

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Windmill Road
London
SW195NR

Opening Hours

Saturday 2pm - 5pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm

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