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Heritage Open Days: 'Building of a City Mill' talk

A guided walk and talk tour, presenting the most interesting features of Winchester City Mill.

  • Booking not needed
  • Free event

In each of these unique and exclusive tours you will learn about topics such as the River Itchen, the history of the mill and its changes of use through time, the milling process, our local wildlife and, finally, the machinery details and how it works.

This is a free event although we do welcome donations which will help us raise money for the conservation of City Mill.

Please note these talks are volunteer led and can be subject to last minute changes.

Times

The basics

Meeting point

Please meet inside the Mill.

Accessibility

Due to the nature of the mill space, we regret that many areas are not accessible. For more information do give us a call to discuss your access requirements.

Other

Please note that there is no parking at Winchester City Mill. Nearest available parking is a multi-storey on Chesil Street.

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