Upminster windmill reopens to the public

One of London’s last surviving windmills will reopen to the public this weekend following several years of restoration work.
(c) Upminster Windmill
The Upminster Windmill was built in 1803 and remained in use as a family-owned business grinding corn until 1934. In 1960 Essex County Council demolished the outbuildings though in the following years repairs were undertaken enabling the Mill to be opened to the public, staffed by volunteers, in 1967.
The mill is now just one of only six with s