The windmill is situated in a small park called Windmill Gardens at the top of Blenheim Gardens road off Brixton Hill.
This enjoyable and interactive workshop uses the well-known folktale The Little Red Hen as a basis to explore how flour is made at Brixton Windmill.
In this interactive workshop, gain an insight into what Brixton life was like nearly 200 years ago.
Visit inner London’s only surviving windmill. Learn about how windmills work, the engineering behind these remarkable buildings, and how people used them in the past.
Discover their story and find out how the growth of London changed life in Brixton Hill. Use costumes and hot seating to find out about working life in and around the windmill.
Warm Space and Shared Oven Wednesdays 12 to 3pm Thanks to funding from Lambeth Council we’ll be opening up as a warm space and communal oven on Wednesdays from 12 noon to 3pm. Our first session will be this week on Wednesday 25 of January …
Liz du Parcq reports on a recent visit Friends of Windmill Gardens’ Archive and History Group are actively considering whether to work towards accreditation as a museum. Such status might help us with applications for funding and attract a wider interest in our activities. One …
Milling and Baking Experience Day – Sunday 26 February Places have been booking up fast for this unique day where you’ll mill your own flour and learn some bread making skills. We have just two places left and would love to fill them! Places are …
We had a fabulously festive Winter Market yesterday (Sunday 11 December). A big thank you to all our volunteers for making the day so special. Around 100 children visited Father Christmas in the windmill grotto which looked magical. Thanks to this year’s Father Christmas and …
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Brixton Windmill is usually open for tours on the second weekend of every month from April to October.
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