Jill Windmill is not open to visitors at this time of the year.                 As noted below, access may be granted on Saturdays.

Open Days at Jill Windmill are usually held on Sunday afternoons from May to September. These days are dependent upon the availability of volunteers.

Please do contact us if you would like to assist with our Public Open Days.

Maintenance work is undertaken on most Saturdays, when Jill Windmill is closed to visitors. Depending upon the nature of the maintenance work being undertaken, casual visitors may be granted access to the mill grounds and inside Jill Windmill, though such access is at the discretion of our work team. Maintenance work is given priority over visitors, so please be aware that those hoping to gain access on a Saturday may well be disappointed.

Please note that whilst we will make every effort to open Jill Windmill to visitors, we do very much rely upon the goodwill and the availability of our volunteers, so we cannot guarantee that Jill Windmill will be open to visitors on every planned date.

Please contact us if you would be interested in being a Mill Steward, keeping our visitors safe in the Mill, or if you are willing to help in the Roundhouse with teas or souvenirs. The duties are not that onerous and everybody who comes to help enjoys it.

" What a place. Kids loved it. Anywhere else everything would be coated in plastic casing, but here you can touch and feel history   (Excellent) "

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Very occasionally, due to sickness, to lack of volunteers, to maintenance work on the Mill or to severe weather conditions, we regret that it becomes necessary to close Jill Windmill to visitors without notice. .

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Planned Open Days in 2025 for Jill Windmill will be listed below.
 
  

A SELECTION OF ONLINE REVIEWS :

Brilliant. Fantastically knowledgeable volunteers providing a wealth of answers to my questions. Great spot and stunning setting. Think I need to visit more of these on my home patch . . . .

. . . beautifully restored - so much so it's functional! We were invited to enter the windmill and see its workings up close - truly a marvel of 19th century engineering and well worth a visit. We were welcomed by two extremely friendly and knowledgeable volunteers. A lovely experience.

We were lucky to visit the Jill windmill today when it was open. The volunteers were very friendly and did a very interesting tour. The Jack windmill isn't open. I was nervous about climbing the ladder into the windmill but they were very encouraging and I did it ! They have a tea shop in the base of the windmill that also takes contactless payments. It's in a beautiful part of the South Downs. It's well worth worth a visit.

There is a small car park which makes this a good starting point for a bracing walk along the ridgeway with its views down to Brighton. The windmill has been lovingly restored and is looked after by a great little band of volunteers. Downstairs a small outlet serves tea and coffee and some fantastic home made cakes and scones. The room downstairs abounds with Knick knackery including the brake block that set of fire during the great storm of 1987 when the sails were probably going round like a propeller, various fly wheels, governors etc.

The best experience of our holiday. The title does sound a bit over the top I know, and I don't know if we were just lucky. But walked here over the Downs and were met by the lovely sight of this immaculately restored windmill in full flow. Small cafe inside where volunteers sold home made sponges and scones for very reasonable prices, which we ate whilst watching the vanes go round...very therapeutic. Then we went inside and the kids were shown the workings by people who obviously cared and loved the windmill. So Yes, the title is justified, because the whole experience was life enhancing in this cynical and touristy world. Thank you very much to the volunteers for your love and generosity towards this attraction. Your dedication does bring a great deal of pleasure.