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Stracey Arms Drainage Mill, near Acle
Location
Grid reference: TG 442 090
OS sheet: 134
Postcode: NR29 3BQ
On A47, about 2 miles E of Acle.
A brick tower mill, built in 1883, and once used for draining the surrounding marshland.
The mill operated by wind power until the Second World War when it was replaced by an electric pump,
housed in an adjacent building. Tearoom and shop. Exhibition on drainage mills of the Broads.
Opening times 2016
daily from Easter to end of
September 9.00 - 20.00.
Mill is awaiting new sails at present.
National Mills Weekend opening times 2016
Saturday &
Sunday 09.00 - 20.00.
Contact
Norfolk Windmills Trust, tel. 01362 869394.
Web site
www.norfolkwindmills.co.uk/details.htm
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