Our final summer season windmill open day was on Sunday 12 October … our volunteer team are busy preparing for Winter events and the Summer re-opening on Friday 3rd April 2026.

These are some of our most significant achievements in 2025:

The Windmill remains fully functional and in best possible condition as our workshop team, much like the old millers, continue to develop new skills to respond to the weekly challenges of maintaining a 222 year old Windmill.
We are seeing new schools – from within Havering and from adjoining Council areas – take up on our diverse, creative and engaging range of educational activities for schools themed around the windmill and site.
We have seen more than 3,200 open day visitors to the site – up 41% on 2024 – with more than 1,500 of them touring the Windmill. Many events have been especially popular with families – not least our Easter Egg Hunt and Halloween Spooktacular.
We have opened a superb new, self built catering kiosk.
Our award-winning garden has done it again – four top awards in 2025 London in Bloom and a nomination to Britain in Bloom for Sustainable Gardening.

What’s Next in December and in 2026?

We close out the year with our now annual Christmas Fair and Mill Open Day on December 20th
We will be hosting a Quiz Night in The Crumpled Horn in Corbets Tey Road on January 26th – further details to follow shortly.
Our main 2026 opening season kicks off on Friday April 3rd with an Easter Egg Hunt and Windmill Open Day.
Full dates to follow shortly as we also move to confirm specific additional attractions and special features.