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Wimbledon Windmill Museum

📍 London, Greater London

★4.5(402 Google reviews)💰FreeđŸ‘ļAll ages

Small museum inside a historic working windmill on Wimbledon Common, covering milling history, local heritage and the Scout movement. Sails turn on scheduled weekends. Free entry. Open weekends and bank holidays only.

✓ Free entry✓ Working windmill✓ Scout heritage✓ Weekend opening✓ Milling history✓ Wimbledon Common
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★★★★★Featured review by Lorraine

My latest visit was just a long weekday walk, but I have also been on Sundays, when the windmill museum is open and found it interesting. The whole Wimbledon Common area is great for walks, the Queens mere pond/lake is lovely, as are the beech woods surrounding it. There is lots of parking around the windmill but it does get very crowded at weekends. The cafe is dependable for drinks, snacks and....pit stops

🏆 Family Action Verdict

Best for families with children aged 7 and over who have an interest in how things work, local history or the Scout movement. The video presentations and miniature models hold children's attention well.

â„šī¸ What to Know Before You Go

💡Open weekends and bank holidays only — check the museum's schedule before visiting
⏰Combine with a walk to Queens Mere pond and through the beech woodland on Wimbledon Common
đŸŽŸī¸A nearby cafe provides refreshments and toilet facilities
🚗Download the Arts and Culture app for a digital guide to the exhibits

đŸ’Ŧ What Families Are Saying

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4.5
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402 Google reviews

Informative and well-organised exhibits45%
Friendly and helpful staff30%
Compact and content-rich15%
Weekend-only opening10%
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Lorraine

5 months ago

★★★★★

“My latest visit was just a long weekday walk, but I have also been on Sundays, when the windmill museum is open and found it interesting. The whole Wimbledon Common area is great for walks, the Queens mere pond/lake is lovely, as are the beech woods surrounding it. There is lots of parking around the windmill but it does get very crowded at weekends. The cafe is dependable for drinks, snacks and....pit stops”

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vinni manoj

a year ago

★★★★★

“It was a small museum and also very informative. My kids enjoyed it very much. Through dlr we started and we had jubilee line, stop is Westminster, again we got district line, stop is putney bridge and we got bus 93 and we reached Parkside hospital stop, from bus stop the museum is in walkable distance only. Staffs are very friendly. They have one video session about windmill that also very nice.”

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Babji Vundavilli

11 months ago

★★★★★

“It's a little museum, but it's worth a visit. The vintage things, video rooms, pictures, and windmill miniatures are all well arranged and well-organized. It was a tiny museum with a wealth of information. The staff is amiable. They also have a really good video session regarding windmills. There is a large parking lot and a lovely cafe near to the museum.”

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Mike Rouse-Deane

11 months ago

★★★★★

“Open weekends and bank holidays they cram a lot of interesting history. Definitely one for Scouts to visit also as they have a whole discussion about BP as he wrote part of Scouting for Boys here. Although very tight, has a wide range of exhibits and information on the windmill and what the Windmill was used as through the ages. Definitely a great place to visit and get an ice-cream after”

Reviews from Google

Overview

Wimbledon Windmill Museum occupies both floors of a working windmill and packs substantial content into a compact space. Exhibits cover the mechanics of milling, windmill miniatures, video presentations and the Scout movement — Robert Baden-Powell wrote part of Scouting for Boys here. The sails turn at scheduled times on open weekends. A digital guide is available via the Arts and Culture app. The wider Wimbledon Common provides woodland walks and Queens Mere pond for a full outing.

🕐 Opening Hours

Monday11:00 – 17:00
Sunday14:00 – 17:00

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