Woodbridge Tide Mill
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Overview
Situated on a busy quayside, this unique and beautiful building looks over towards the historic site of Sutton Hoo Ship Burial. There has been a Tide Mill on this site since 1170. The present building dates from 1793 and contains fully restored machinery from that date and was the last commercially working tide mill in the UK. Working models, information boards, audio and visual stations describe the history, the people and explain how it works. Games and puzzles to entertain the young children. Something for all the family. Special milling days demonstrate the milling process and flour produced is on sale. The machinery is operated using tidal power whenever the tides permit.
Features
- Opening Times
- Opening Times: Open Etr-end Sep, daily from 11 (last entry 4.30). For up to date times please check website
- Facilities
- Parking nearby
- Children
- Suitable for children of all ages
About the area
Suffolk is Constable country, where the county’s crumbling, time-ravaged coastline spreads itself under wide skies to convey a wonderful sense of remoteness and solitude. Highly evocative and atmospheric, this is where rivers wind lazily to the sea and notorious 18th-century smugglers hid from the excise men.
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