Wimbledon Windmill Museum
A windmill built in 1817 on Wimbledon Common, now a small free museum of milling and local history, beside the Mill House where Baden-Powell wrote parts of Scouting for Boys.
- Museum
- Price: Free
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Did you know
Robert Baden-Powell stayed in the Mill House next to the windmill in 1902 and wrote parts of Scouting for Boys there; the book was published in 1908.
Local tip
Open to walk-ins on Sundays 11am to 5pm in British Summer Time (until 25 October 2026) and closed to walk-ins over winter. Entry is free with donations welcome; the sails turn at 2pm on selected weekends.
Finding it
- Address
- Windmill Road, Wimbledon Common, London SW19 5NR
- Nearest station
- Southfields (Tube), 1916 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- Buddhapadipa TempleA Thai Buddhist temple on Calonne Road in Wimbledon, with gardens, an ornamental lake and an orchard around an ordination hall painted with murals, where visitors of any faith are welcome.
- Wimbledon CommonA huge area of heath, woodland and ponds in south-west London, with a historic windmill, an Iron Age hill fort and the largest expanse of heathland in London.
- Richmond ParkLondon's largest Royal Park: more than 2,000 acres of grassland and ancient woodland where herds of red and fallow deer roam, with ridge-top views towards St Paul's from King Henry's Mound.
- Isabella PlantationA 40-acre woodland garden inside Richmond Park, planted since the 1830s and known for its ponds, streams and evergreen azaleas.