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A great restoration
Lovely place
Our favourite windmill
That blew the cobwebs away !!
The best experience of our holiday.
beautifully kept windmill
keep up the good work
Lovely windmill to explore, grab a coffee & sit in the sun.
A great restoration
Lovely place
Our favourite windmill
beautifully kept windmill
keep up the good work
A great restoration
A great restoration
Lovely place


Jill Windmill - Visitor Comments                
 

Extracts from our visitors book and from online reviews:
 
" What a fantastic achievement this place is ! "          " Very amazing to know how flour was originally made "
Very amazing to know how flour was originally made
 
" Anywhere else everything would be coated in plastic casing, but here you can touch and feel history "
Anywhere else everything would be coated in plastic casing, but here you can touch and feel history
 
" Please keep them, they are part of my childhood memories "
Please keep them, they are part of my childhood memories
 
" Such a wonderful windmill "
Such a wonderful windmill
 
 
" Fantastic ; Will help with school project "          " Awesome "
 Fantastic ; Will help with school project ...... Awesome
 
"The best experience of our holiday"
The best experience of our holiday.
 
" Fantastic feeling when sails going round and whole thing swaying in the wind "
Fantastic feeling when sails going round and whole thing swaying in the wind
 
" Magical & useful, brilliant design "
Magical and useful, brilliant design
 
"Lovely windmill to explore, grab a coffee & sit in the sun."
Lovely windmill to explore, grab a coffee & sit in the sun.
 
" Fun, hands on learning experience & amazing view too "
Fun, hands on learning experience and amazing view too
 

 
" Fantastic testament to some serious hard work to get it looking so good "
Fantastic testament to some serious hard work to get it looking so good
 

 
" Really amazing experience - thank you for giving us all the opportunity to learn "
Really amazing experience - thank you for giving us all the opportunity to learn
 

 
" Brilliant ! I can see the magic of it ! "
 Brilliant ! I can see the magic of it !
 

 
" Wow - can't believe I've never been here before - the kids really loved it !! Thank you "
 Wow  - can't believe I've never been here before - the kids really loved it !! Thank you
 

 
" Amazing - you have done so much work and given us such a warm welcome "
 Amazing - you have done so much work and given us such a warm welcome
 

 
" Fabulous Technology. Thank you for restoring & maintaining. "
 Fabulous Technology. Thank you for restoring & maintaining
 

 
" Stunning renovation."     " Incredible old technology ! "
 Stunning renovation. Incredible old technology !
 

 
" Fascinating experience. Friendly welcome. Lovely cakes ! "
 Fascinating experience. Friendly welcome. Lovely cakes !

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.
 
 
We consider that this 5-star review has a typo :
Probable typo