Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum

Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum Woodbridge's Working Tide Mill. Experience the sights, sounds as the waterwheel turns the ancient machinery. Plenty to see and do, and buy our stoneground flour

Woodbridge was one of the first tide mills in the country, and was unquestionably the last one working – operating for well over 800 years. The earliest record of a tide mill on this site by the River Deben is in 1170. It was owned by the Augustinian Priors for around 350 years until Henry VIII confiscated it, and for the next 28 years it was in royal ownership. Elizabeth I sold it to Thomas Seckf

ord whose family owned it for over 100 years, followed by several private owners. In 1793 the present mill was built on the site of earlier ones. By the 1950s it had become the last working tide mill in the country, but in 1957 finally closed. It was saved in 1968, restored and opened to the public in 1973. Recently, further protection and restoration work has brought it back into use as a fully working tide mill as well being a fascinating and remarkable living example of our industrial and cultural heritage. Pay a visit to the Mill and discover the entire fascinating history.

Gaze upon the wonder of a Stone Nut! Rising and falling against the Great Spur Wheel to engage and turn the millstone ab...
03/09/2026

Gaze upon the wonder of a Stone Nut! Rising and falling against the Great Spur Wheel to engage and turn the millstone above. Pure engineering joy.

Sae Wylfing looking windswept yesterday from
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Sae Wylfing looking windswept yesterday from

29/08/2026
I wonder what happened to this model ship that used to be in ? Does anyone know?
27/08/2026

I wonder what happened to this model ship that used to be in ? Does anyone know?

27/08/2026

Learn about the discoveries of Stowmarket amateur astronomer Alice Grace Cook (1877-1958), and what led to her becoming one of the first female Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Presented by Bill Barton, a trustee of the Orwell Astronomical Society (Ipswich), and deputy director of the British Astronomical Association’s Historical Section. Tea and coffee included.

Book https://orlo.uk/0kRvX

Part of our The Moon: Meet Our Nearest Neighbour Exhibition, running at The Hold Ipswich until 19 September.

Bicentenary Celebrations, 7 May 1993, Town Mayor, Councillor Michael Weaver, leads members of Woodbridge Town Council al...
26/08/2026

Bicentenary Celebrations, 7 May 1993, Town Mayor, Councillor Michael Weaver, leads members of Woodbridge Town Council along Tide Mill Way

August two years ago at
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August two years ago at

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Tide Mill Way
Woodbridge
IP121BY

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 5pm
Tuesday 11am - 5pm
Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm

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+441394388202

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