News – what’s happening at the mill?

We are pleased to announce that the mill will be open again next year. Please click the link below for more information. https://www.holgatewindmill.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/OPEN-DATES-EVENTS-PROGRAMME-2022.pdf

The Windmill will be open to the public every Sunday in October from 13:00hrs to 16:00 starting Sunday 3rd October. The mill is a small space so we do request that anyone visiting wears a face mask.

Thank you so much to Matt Wellburn for letting us share this fantastic drone video. DJI MINI 2 4K – SUPER SMOOTH CINEMATIC SINGLE SHOT DRONE ORBITS – Holgate Windmill & West Bank Park

After much consideration we have made the difficult decision that we are cancelling all our open days this year, including Santa’s visit at Christmas.

If you use Amazon to shop online then you can help us raise money to support the windmill at no cost to you! To access the scheme log onto smile.amazon.co.uk  (or  AmazonSmile activated in the app). Nominate your charity (The Holgate Windmill Preservation Society) and you shop as normal via the smile.amazon.co.uk site. Only purchases made through this site are eligible to generate donations. Millions of products are marked ‘Eligible for AmazonSmile donation’ at the same products at the same prices as the Amazon you know. Amazon will donate 0.5% of the eligible purchase amount — at no extra cost to you. Please Read More …

We are excited to announce here our newest addition to the Mini Miller range of activities, the “Holgate Windmill Challenge Badge” award. Children can earn this badge by completing a range of activities at home by themselves or at school, Brownies, Cubs, Mini Millers sessions etc. The activities are designed for children to gain the widest appreciation of our windmill from a variety of perspectives so they must complete activities from the four categories of “Food & Baking”, “Design & Technology”, “History & Art” and “Get Crafty”. Once the children have shown us their proud achievements, the embroidered badges can Read More …

Real Bread week is the annual, international celebration of additive-free loaves and the people who make them. Please support the campaign by :- Buying Real Bread from local, independent bakeries Bake your own Real Bread (using Holgate Windmill flour) Supporting the charity https://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/national_real_breadmaker_week/

All our members are invited to our Annual General Meeting on Thursday 26th November at 7.30pm via Zoom. If you are interested please contact email secretary@holgatewindmill.org who will send you the information and log in details.

Unfortunately, we have had to make the hard decision, that because of Covid 19 Father Christmas will not be able to visit the windmill this year.

We are pleased to announce that Holgate Windmill was the runner up in the Yorkshire and Humber category of the Tiptree World Bread Awards which were held via a You Tube link  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag0iJ3gVavk  . Congratulations to  Fosters Bakery in Barnsley who won the Yorkshire and Humber Category and Rob Allcock from The Longs Arms in South Wraxall who was the overall winner.http://www.worldbreadawards.com/bread-hero-winners/