Painting by Robert Hughes

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A View of the mill

The Mill

Wilton Windmill stands high above the small village of Wilton, near Marlborough in Wiltshire, on a site that provides magnificent views of the surrounding hills. The mill is the only working windmill in Wessex and was originally constructed in 1821 after the new Kennet and Avon canal had been built. For more information click here.

Wilton Windmill is open on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays between 2pm and 5pm, from Easter until the end of September. There are also other days when it is open for special events which are advertised on this website.

Where To Find Us

Click here to get a map

By Road: Wilton Windmill is located close to the Village of Wilton, off the A338 between Hungerford and Burbage in Wiltshire.

By Rail: Trains run from Paddington to Bedwyn station, from where you can walk or cycle the 3.5km to the mill. There are some hills!

By Foot: You can also walk from Great Bedwyn along the towpath then left at Crofton Crossing up the Roman Road. (See local walks page)

LATEST NEWS!

Local Schools' Artwork

We have started collecting wonderful artwork of the Windmill from children at local schools - click here to browse!

Wilton Windmill's Own Crop Circle!

A crop circle mysteriously appeared on Friday 21st May 2010 in one of the fields next to the windmill. Carved into the rapeseed, it was apparently an approximation of a mathematical formula called Euler's Identity.
No, we didn't understand what that meant either, but it did look amazing!

More information and pictures can be found at:
The Telegraph
Lucy Pringle's Website

2010 Victorian Food Fayre

What a great day!
The sun shone at the windmill whilst Mike Robinson was our special guest for the day, demonstrating game preparation and cooking. Claire Perry our new MP for Devizes visited the fayre, as did the local Police team. A lot of fun was had by all!
More information can be found here at the Witshire Gazette & Herald or here at Newbury Weekly News.

2010 Season Underway!

The Windmill opened over the Easter weekend for the 2010 season. We hope to see you on one of the Sunday or Bank Holiday openings, or perhaps at the Heritage Weekend in September.

Windmill on Air!
Mark O'Donnell from BBC Radio Wiltshire visited the Windmill on Wednesday 10th March and joined Steve, Mike and Peter for an early milling session - look out for the transmission on Thursday 11th, Friday 12th and/or Monday 15th March.
You can go to BBC Radio Wiltshire's Listen Again feature by clicking here.

Did you enjoy your visit to Wilton Windmill? If you have any comments, photos or videos, you can upload them to the Visit Wiltshire website via this link. Make sure you put Wilton Windmill in the review title and tags!

The Society's tents are available for hire - click here for more information and prices.

Did you see Wilton Windmill featured in the Victorian Farm Christmas Special? Originally shown on Friday 11th December on BBC2 - now rerunning on BBC2 and BBC4 - look out for it!