News

With the launch of our online shop, you can now buy Brixton Windmill merchandise online, including T-shirts, mugs, bags and coasters.
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Since the beginning of June, the Friends of Windmill Gardens have been donating fresh vegetables to the foodbank distribution centre on the nearby Blenheim Gardens estate.
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In 1862, the Ashby family stopped grinding corn by wind power at Brixton and moved their milling operation to a watermill at Mitcham until 1902. Penny Steele investigates the story of the Ashby watermill.
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Our brand new activity pack contains lots of exciting projects to keep children and families occupied, including puzzles, colouring sheets and craft activities, such as making masks and bunting.
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Can you help? We need your donations to help us continue delivering flour to local foodbanks.
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Colour in your own windmill and share your photos of the completed picture with us on Twitter and Facebook using the hashtag #mybrixtonwindmill.
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Two of Brixton Windmill’s volunteer millers, Abi Holsborough and Ann Bodkin, were part of a discussion panel at the launch of the CEREAL series of podcasts produced by Farmerama Radio at the end of 2019.
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The Friends of Windmill Gardens are sad to report the death of Anthony Henry Ashby, a descendant of John Ashby, who leased Brixton Windmill in 1816.
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Jean Kerrigan reports on the fascinating story of a windmill in Holland, USA.
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Just before Christmas three generations of Ashbys, the family that produced and sold flour at Brixton Windmill from 1816-1934, visited Brixton Windmill.
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