Windmills

30th May 1992 - the windmill was a derelict shell.  It was in this condition when Swannington Heritage Trust bought it in 1994.

7th February 2012 -  the structure had been restored in 1999 and the fantail added to the cap in 2009.

17th November 2012 - volunteers had spent a year making the 10ft (3m) diameter breakwheel, then installing it in the cap.

14th September 2019 - with framework sails, at last Hough Mill looked like a windmill.

Wymondham Windmill has five floors.

There are three sets of stones for grinding grain into flour.

The stones are overdriven.  The great spur wheel turns the stone nuts above the stones.

At the end of the milling process the flour flows down the chutes into the sacks.

The post mill turns around the central post.

Pushing the beam turns the wheel and therefore the mill so that the sails face the wind.

There are several very good interpretation boards in the mill.

The windmill is in an isolated and exposed spot, ideal for wind.