A date for your diaries! Santa is visiting Holgate Windmill on Saturday 2nd/ Sunday 3rd and Saturday 9th/Sunday 10th December from 2 to 4 each day. The cost is £6 per child and this includes a present from Santa. No need to book but just be aware it can get busy!
News – what’s happening at the mill?
York Unlocked 7th and 8th October
We are delighted to be taking part in the York Unlocked Event on 7th and 8th October. Click here to see this great video which shows some of the buildings taking part.
West Bank Park Summer Fair
Sunday 25th June from 1 to 4. Come along and join in the fun. On the Holgate Windmill stall there is our popular dough modelling session for all Mini Millers.
Flour milled on Peak Stones.
We are now able to offer customers wholemeal flour milled on our newly restored peak stones.
Holgate Windmill AGM
The Holgate Windmill AGM is at 7pm on Thursday 10 November at The Holgate, New Lane, followed by a talk about chocolate. Everyone welcome. A chance to meet the volunteers involved in the mill.
Open Days 2022
Our Open Days for 2022 have now finished. Thank you to everyone who has visited throughout the season we really appreciate your support, and we look forward to welcoming new visitors in 2023.
Visitors to the Mill – please consider
If you are visiting the mill please bear in mind that we are a working windmill with moving parts and stairs to reach each floor so please consider your clothing. For example flip flops, scarves and loose clothing might not be the most appropriate. Thank you.
Volunteers Needed
We are looking for volunteers to help with our new program of open days. If you would like to get involved and support one of York’s iconic buildings, the last surviving working windmill in York and the oldest 5-sailed windmill in the country, please email media@holgatewindmill.org
Mini Miller Sessions
We look forward to welcoming back our Mini Millers. Sign up now for any/all of the 2022 sessions (10-11am) by emailing minimillers@holgatewindmill.org Sat 21 May: Historic toys in the mill and historic dress upSat 18 June: Cogs and GearsSat 16 July: Pinwheels and mill towersSat 20 Aug: Windmill collage artSat 17 Sept: Wood in t’millSat 15 Oct: Dough and Bread plaits
The Windmill will be open to visitors on the following Sunday afternoons in April:- 3rd, 10th and 24th
We are pleased to announce that in addition to our planned open days we are also going to open for visitors on the following Sunday Afternoons between 1pm and 4 pm:- Sunday 3rd April Sunday 10th April Sunday 24th April