Wimbledon Windmill Museum

A museum of windmills housed in the windmill on Wimbledon Common, Wimbledon Windmill Museum depicts the history of windmills and milling using working models and the machinery and tools of the trade, with hands-on milling for children.

Wimbledon windmill is a very unusual mill. It has a two storey octagonal brick base, which housed all the working machinery. Above this is a conical tower, which housed the post supporting the cap on which the sails are mounted.

It was built by a Roehampton carpenter in 1817 to serve the local community. There were already large mills on the River Wandle but the local residents did not trust factory produced flour and wanted to grind their own 'organically' produced wheat.