Photograph © Jim Woodward-Nutt
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Whissendine Windmill
Location Grid reference: SK 823 142
OS sheet: 130
Postcode: LE15 7EU
Between Oakham and Melton Mowbray, turn off A606 just north west of Langham. Mill is on west side of village.
A 6-storey tower windmill, built 1809, now once more working with four sails. The mill contains a smutter and four pairs of stones,
a Wegmann roller mill, two reels and a wire machine.
Opening times 2016 Monday to Friday, visitors welcome during working hours (not Saturdays). Please phone first.
National Mills Weekend opening times 2016 Saturday only, 10.00-13.00 and 14.00-16.00.
Contact Nigel Moon, tel. 01664 474172.
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