Welcome to the web site of Jack and Jill Windmills Society.
Our Society, a registered Charity, has fully restored and now maintains Jill Windmill - a 19th century corn windmill located at Clayton, West Sussex in the United Kingdom.
The vast majority of the restoration work and the ongoing maintenance of Jill Windmill has been carried out by unpaid Society Volunteers, who have met at the Mill on virtually every Saturday since January 1979.
In April 2007 we removed two Sweeps for routine inspection, refurbishment and painting. We discovered that the Stock was rotten at one end, so decided to replace it with a new one, manufactured from laminated Siberian Larch. The project was completed on late September. Click here for details.
Jill Windmill has been restored to working order and she now produces stoneground wholemeal flour on an occasional basis. The vast majority of her flour [which is sold to visitors] is ground from organic wheat, grown in Sussex.
Click here for a selection of photographs showing restoration and on-going maintenance work.
Our Society's own publication "Clayton Windmills" is on sale at Jill Windmill on Open Days together with mill information sheets in English, French, German and Czech.
The publication is not available through bookshops, however copies are available by mail order.
Jill Windmill is owned by Mid Sussex District Council. The Council has made and continues to make significant financial contributions towards our work on Jill Windmill.
Jill, along with her neighbour Jack (in private ownership), stand atop the scenic South Downs with spectacular views of the Sussex Weald. The windmills are seven miles north of the city of Brighton and Hove.
When the wind is blowing (as it frequently does on the South Downs) Jill may be in operation and a guide available to explain the mysteries of milling. Whether you drive up to see us and enjoy a picnic or drop in as part of a long distance walk along the Downs you will have the opportunity to step back more than one hundred years into a working windmill.
Click here for details of Sussex windmills and watermills that that are open to visitors.
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Jack and Jill Windmills Society is a company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital. Registered in England and Wales with number 6023209. Registered Office : 89 Woodbourne Avenue, Brighton, East Sussex. BN1 8EJ.
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