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Photograph © Evelyn Simak, under this
Creative Commons licence
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Polkey's and Cadge's Mills
Location
Grid reference: TG 446 036
Postcode: NR13 3UB
Leave A146 at Hales on Ferry Road to Reedham.
There is no
vehicular access to the site; access is by boat or the Wherryman's Way riverside
walk. which takes approximately 45 minutes and access to the footpath is behind
the Ship Inn,
Reedham.
Two drainage mills out of an original cluster of three situated close to Seven Mile House:
- Polkey's Mill (in photograph). Built sometime prior to 1880 and now fully restored.
May originally have been an octagonal wooden smock type mill,
as second-hand smock mill beams have been found reused in the construction of the first floor. Now brick,
but the old cap retained. The mill drove a scoop-wheel (a paddle wheel in a brick channel)
which lifted the water from the marshes through a hinged gate into the river.
- Cadge's Mill. Minus sails. Built around 1880 and last worked in 1941.
Site also includes Reedham Marsh Steam Engine House (in picture) and Seven Mile Diesel Engine shed.
Opening times 2016
The mill is visible at all times from the river and the public footpath.
National Mills Weekend opening times 2016
Saturday only
12.00 - 16.00. The Reedham steam engine house will also be open. Polkey's mill
will be working (wind permitting) and there will be guided tours of the mill.
Donations welcome.
Contact
Norfolk Windmills Trust, tel. 01362 869394.
Web site
www.norfolkwindmills.co.uk/details.htm
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