News – what’s happening at the mill?

We have reluctantly decided not to open the windmill for visitors again this year but will hopefully be welcoming you back in 2021 to celebrate our 251st Anniversary as our 250th celebrations had to be cancelled this year. Our mill shop will remain open between 10 and 12 every Saturday ...
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Holgate Windmill 4 days ago We need your help. We are living in really unusual times and we know that many of you have bought flour or used the windmill as a place to walk to for your daily exercise whilst in lockdown. Our archivist is collecting views of volunteers during this period and we would love to know our customers and visitors thoughts/experiences. Have you bought flour from us and how did you use it? Are you a new customer? Did you walk to the windmill as a focus for your walk? Any thoughts/ views would be great, either post them on social media or email to media@holgatewindmill.org. We really look forward to hearing from you and putting together material that can be used to explain to future generations what it has been like during the last few weeks and the role the windmill has played. Thank you ...
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In response to a request from Historic England the Traditional Corn-millers Guild have written an article as a contribution to latest edition of the Heritage Online Debate on how mills are coping in the time of coronvirus. https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/debate/flour-milling-in-a-time-of-coronavirus/ ...
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This great video was shot and produced by Gary Lawson and Charlotte Graham Photography. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2653731958244626&id=1478450492439451 ...
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We are now taking a limited number of orders each week for 5kg bags of flour (wheat £7.50 and spelt £11.00) to meet high customer demand. 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 10am-12pm from our mill shop ...
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