Herringfleet Mill

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Herringfleet Mill is located in the small village of Herringfleet on the Suffolk Broads, England, near the Norfolk border.

The mill was erected in circa 1825 by millwright Robert Barnes of Great Yarmouth. The construction of the mill is a tapered octagonal design made of wood. The mill is also turned into the wind by means of a tailpole that is a rare occurrence on surviving mills today. This mill is the last of its kind on the Norfolk Broads today and was last worked by Mr Charles Howlett of Haddiscoe in 1958.

After the mill ceased its work it was replaced by a small diesel pump built in a tin hut next door to the mill itself. Ownership of the mill was left to the Somerleyton Estate, who maintained it as much as their finances could afford. Ownership then passed to Suffolk County Council in the late 1950s.

The mill is open and you can see the sails turning on National Mills Day (first Sunday in May) and on occasional bank holidays throughout the year. Private openings can be arranged on request in writing to Waveney District Council in Lowestoft.