Holgate Windmill, York’s last surviving windmill and the oldest 5-sailed windmill in the country is now fully restored and producing traditional stone-ground flour.
Our Windmill is currently closed for visits because of Covid-19 but the mill shop is still open for flour sales every Saturday morning between 10 and 12. We are also take orders each week for 5kg bags of flour (wheat £7.50 and spelt £11.00). If you are interested please send your request through the general contact form on the website with your name, contact number, order details and preferred Saturday date for collection. Orders should be sent by Thursday evening each week to be ready for collection on Saturday morning.
What is Facebook saying? :
Great picture by Nick Ansell of the windmill at sunset in mid-July. If you have some photos of the windmill that you are willing to share on our website then please join our Flickr group. #holgatewindmill #holgatewindmillpreservationsociety #windmillsofinstagram #windmillatsunset #sunset #yorkwindmill #photography #nickansell
Does anyone have a Walter Crabtree as a distant relative? There is a Walter Crabtree plaque on the wall on the ground floor of the mill but we don’t know who he was or indeed why his name is here. We know he was not a miller and that he had no family connections to the mill. A Walter Crabtree was born in York in 1939 and was an electrician in the area – could it have been him? If you have any information we would love to hear from you. #holgatewindmill #holgatewindmillpreservationsociety #york #yorkresident #waltercrabtree #everythingyork #exploreyork #residentsofyork
Many of you took up baking, using Holgate Windmill flour, during lockdown and posted photos on social media of what you made. We hope you are still baking and we are always interested to see photos. Our mill shop is open every Saturday morning between 10 and 12 for sale of wheat or spelt flour. You can also preorder 5kg bags of flour (wheat £7.50 and spelt £11.00) through the general contact form on the website. Please include your name, contact number, order details and preferred Saturday date for collection. Orders should be sent by Thursday evening each week to be ready for collection on Saturday morning. #holgatewindmill #york #acomb #holgate #homebaking #homemadebread #wholemealbread #wholemealflour #windmillflour #speltflour #stonegroundflour #stoneground
Photo ( taken by Nick Ansell) posted on Facebook on 5 July 2014– the exact date of the Tour de France stage 2 departure from York racecourse. It shows the mill’s banner, one of many produced for a fantastic display round the city walls. A great memory of a fantastic day. #holgatewindmill #holgatewindmillpreservationsociety #tourdefrance #yorktourdefrance #2014 #5thjuly2014 #everythingyork #exploreyork #york
A lot of small shops worked hard to support their communities during lockdown and we hope they will continue to have your support now that the rules are being relaxed and the supermarkets are fully stocked. We regularly deliver to Ainsty Farm Shop, Costello’s Good Food Shop,
Fodder & Forage, The Greengrocer Of Acomb and Henshelwoods Delicatessen if you want to buy our flour when our mill shop is not open. #holgatewindmill #stonegroundflour #greengrocerofacomb #costellosgoodfoodshop #ainstyfarmshop #fodderandforage #henshelwoods #york #shoplocal