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Photograph © Bob Paterson
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Houghton Watermill
Location
Grid reference: TL 282 720
OS sheet: 153
Postcode: PE28 2AZ
Three miles SE of Huntingdon, in the village of Houghton, signposted off A1123 Huntingdon to St Ives road.
Mill is at the end of Mill Street.
A 5-storey working watermill on an island in the River Ouse, dating from the 1600s and containing 19th
century milling machinery and a restored waterwheel. The last working watermill on the Ouse.
Now again milling wholemeal flour. Owned by the
National Trust.
Opening times 2017
18th March to end October,
Saturdays & Sundays, 11.00-17.00. 20th March to 25th October, also Monday,
Tuesday & Wednesday 13.00 - 17.00. 24th July to 1st September, also
Thursdays & Fridays, 13.00 - 17.00. Also open Bank Holiday Mondays & Good
Friday. Parties at other times by arrangement. For more details see
web site.
National Mills Weekend opening times 2017
From
10.30 to 17.00 on both Saturday and Sunday. Meet our costumed staff & play with
Victorian toys. The mill will be running in the afternoon on both days.
Contact
Operations Manager, tel. 01480 301494.
Web site
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/houghton-mill-and-waterclose-meadows/
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