Exploring the past to understand the present
Exploring the Past to Understand the Present The Enduring Value of Heritage Sites for Young Minds A Guest Blog by Joseph Parker, Content Strategist joseph.parker.consultant@gmail.com In an era increasingly dominated by screens and fast-paced experiences, there is something refreshingly grounding about a visit to a heritage site. Places like traditional working mills, historic houses, and local museums offer a sensory connection to the past that [...]
Blue plaque for Jean Gardner
Blue plaque for Jean Gardner The Mill's saviour gets permanent recognition on the Mill On Thursday 29 May The Woodbridge and Melton Society and the Woodbridge Tide Mill Charitable Trust unveiled a Blue Plaque on Woodbridge Tide Mill honouring Mrs Jean Gardner. Mrs Gardner bought the near derelict Mill in 1968 for £7,300 and encouraged its restoration. In 1977 she gave it to the [...]
Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music
Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music A spectacular display of local art on Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum Many thanks again this year to Ben, Alice and the crew at #WoodbridgeFestivalofArtAndMusic for projecting a spectacular display of local art on to #woodbridgetidemillmuseum after the Fish Friendly Fireworks. It was great to see such large numbers in Whisstocks Place turning up to enjoy the art, music, food and drink [...]
Fish Friendly Fireworks 2024
Fish Friendly Fireworks 2024 Another great fish friendly display Many thanks again this year to Ben, Alice and the crew at #WoodbridgeFestivalofArtAndMusic for projecting a spectacular display of local art on to #woodbridgetidemillmuseum after the Fish Friendly Fireworks. It was great to see such large numbers in Whisstocks Place turning up to enjoy the art, music, food and drink that were available. The old Mill thoroughly [...]
Vacancy: Treasurer
Treasurer Vacancy The Tide Mill Trust is seeking a volunteer Treasurer Treasurer Sought Woodbridge Tide Mill Living Museum is an award-winning, Grade I listed visitor attraction on the Suffolk coast. Built in 1793 and now fully restored, it provides a wide range of learning opportunities for all ages, as well as milling and selling its own flour. This is an exciting time for the Mill [...]
Kids Go Free 19 Oct – 3 Nov
Kids Go Free 19 Oct - 3 Nov 2024 Visit the Tide Mill free before it closes for the winter Children 15 and under get free entry to the Mill 19 Oct - 3 Nov if accompanied by an adult
BBC Antiques Road Trip
BBC Antiques Road Trip An extract from the BBC Antiques Road Trip episode aired on 11 Sept 2024 Ceramics expert Irita Marriott and jewellery specialist Ishy Khan are in Suffolk to explore one of the last remaining tide mills still making flour in a traditional way before they both chomp down on some local cake for sustenance.
New Chair sought for Tide Mill
Chair Vacancy The Tide Mill Trust is seeking a volunteer Chair for the Woodbridge Tide Mill Charitable Trust After eight years as Chair of the Charity, John Carrington will be stepping down next year. The Trustees are looking for a successor who would join the Trustee board as Vice Chair with a view to succeeding John at the next AGM in June 2025. The role [...]
Record Woodbridge Historic Riverside Easter Egg Hunt
Record Woodbridge Historic Riverside Easter Egg Hunt attracted over 100 families The Woodbridge Tide Mill Easter Egg Hunt on Sun 31 Mar attracted over 100 families, a record despite the overcast weather. At least 150 Fairtrade eggs were won by children hunting for Deben River egg pictures and the wonderful birds they belong to around the Woodbridge Historic Riverside. Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum, The Longshed [...]
Fantastic Fish Friendly Fireworks
Fish Friendly Fireworks 2023 The Tide Mill reflects a fantastic display
AONB grant will help schools visit Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum
AONB grant will help schools visit Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum Generous support will allow Mill to partially subsidise transport costs Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum has succeeded in gaining a grant from Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty . Thanks to this generous support the Mill will be able to partially subsidise transport costs for schools from within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB [...]
Become a Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum Volunteer
Become a Volunteer Support The Tide Mill by Donating Your Time and Skills Volunteer at the Tide Mill and you can choose how much time you give and which aspects you help with. As a Guide you’d to be trained to show visitors around or Become a Miller; milling, bagging, and delivering our lovely flour. Help as a Trustee, Warden, Fundraiser or on Comms with [...]
Silt jetting to clear the mill race exit
Silt jetting to clear the mill race exit We are jetting away some silt that threatens the future of milling Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum is one of only two working sources of flour milled using centuries-old tide milling techniques and designs. There’s been a mill on the site for over 850 years. Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum is acutely aware of its green credentials. Holder of [...]
Fantastic Easter Egg Hunt 2023
Fantastic Easter Egg Hunt 2023 Popular Easter event a success again The Annual Woodbridge Tide Mill Easter Egg Hunt took place on Saturday 8 April. It was another great success as, yet again, nearly 100 children of all ages and their families came along on a bright day to hunt for hidden egg pictures spread around Woodbridge's Historic Riverfront at Woodbridge Tide Mill, Woodbridge Museum [...]
Tools and Trades History Society visit
Tools and Trades History Society visit A great, well-informed group looks around the Mill Established in 1983 as a Charity, the Tools & Trades History Society aims to advance the education of the general public in the history and development of hand tools and their use and of the people and trades that use them. The group had a tour of the Mill and asked [...]
Kesgrave High Eco Warriors visit
Kesgrave High Eco Warriors visit Year 9, 13-14 year olds, put the world to right As part of the Tide Mill's ongoing Eco-Warriors initiative, designed to enthuse youngsters to take an interest in the environment and promote leadership, a group of year 9s had a tour of the Mill and a Workshop on Wednesday 29 March 2023. The Mill’s Education Lead, Tassa Deparis is driving [...]
Penstock removed for repair
Penstock Removal for Repair Water milling and Wheel turning was suspended Report from Rick Chapman our Head Engineer, 10/3/23. "Our Engineers removed the penstock gate for repair which meant water milling and wheel turning was suspended for a while in March. Pictures of some very cold engineers taken by Joe Speer & Brian Hunt" [...]
Woodbridge Tide Mill Hon Archivist Vacancy
Hon Archivist Vacancy The Tide Mill Trust seeks an Hon Archivist Woodbridge Tide Mill Hon Archivist Vacancy The Tide Mill has a collection of papers and images which has been stored but not catalogued or properly conserved. The image collection goes back into the nineteenth century. The Hon Archivist will be responsible for organising the collection into a catalogued archive which will be searchable online [...]
Martlesham Academy visits the Tide Mill for a workshop on Gears and Rivers!
Martlesham Academy visits the Tide Mill for a workshop on Gears and Rivers! Such a lot to learn, see and do Martlesham Academy spent the day at the Tide Mill where they learned all about gears, seeing our huge ancient gears in action, as well as building their own mini Tide Mills! They also learned all about rivers and our very special part of the [...]
Kelsale School Visits Mill, Longshed and WB Museum
Kelsale school visit A Joint visit with the Mill, Longshed & Woodbridge Museum A joint visit by Kelsale School to Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum, the Longshed and Woodbridge Museum managed by our Education Lead Tassa Deparis and Head Warden; Steve Molyneux
Sea Scouts become Woodbridge Tide Mill Eco Warriors
Sea Scouts become Woodbridge Tide Mill Eco Warriors With a SHARE Museums East Recovery Grant supported by the Art Fund The latest group of Eco Warriors assembled on Sat 25 Feb at Woodbridge Tide Mill and later at the Woodbridge Community Hall to complete eco-friendly projects. [...]
Woodbridge Tide Mill launches Eco Warrior Workshops with a SHARE Museums East Recovery Grant supported by the Art Fund
Woodbridge Tide Mill launches Eco Warrior Workshops Thanks to a SHARE Museums East Recovery Grant supported by the Art Fund Woodbridge Tide Mill has been demonstrating renewable energy for centuries, and now, with the help of a grant from SHARE Museums East supported by the Art Fund, plans to spread the word. The grant will allow it to establish an environmental student group which is [...]
Two Trustees Sought
Two Trustees Sought The Woodbridge Tide Mill Charitable Trust is recruiting for two new Trustees to join the Board on a voluntary basis. Woodbridge Tide Mill Living Museum is an award-winning, Grade I listed visitor attraction on the Suffolk coast. Built in 1793 and now fully restored, it provides a wide range of learning opportunities for all ages, as well as milling and selling its [...]
New Education Lead Tassa Deparis, is an educator and facilitator
New Education Lead for Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum New Lead, Tassa Deparis, is an educator and facilitator Woodbridge Tide Mill is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Education Lead who will continue the great work of Heather Sheehan in bringing the story and ecological relevance of the Mill to young people. The new Lead, Tassa Deparis is an educator and facilitator, having worked [...]
New Curator for Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum Dr Amy Jane Barnes
New Curator for Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum Dr Amy Jane Barnes joins the Mill Woodbridge Tide Mill is happy to announce the appointment of a new Curator. Dr Amy Jane Barnes joins the Mill at an exciting time when, under Chairman John Carrington, it is expanding its appeal to museumgoers through improved communication for both physical and online visitors as well as widening its accessibility [...]
Mill picture protection
Mill picture protection Looking after the Mill's gallery We’ve been busy turning the beautiful Weaver room into a space to house our archive of images and stories documenting the Tide Mill. With huge thanks to All About Framing for sponsoring the project and providing the excellent STAS picture hanging systems for what turned out to be a challenging hang. Our Senior Warden, Stephen Molyneux carried [...]
Penstock Maintenance
Penstock Maintenance These old Mills don't repair themselves! The Tide Mill Engineering Team lead by Rick Chapman hard at work maintaining the Mill's Penstock. The work they are shown doing is to replace the worn side runners on the sluice gate, the space is very tight so they had to remove some paddles from the water wheel (see pics). The chain block and tackle is [...]
Woodbridge Tide Mill earns another Gold Carbon Charter Award
Woodbridge Tide Mill earns another Gold Carbon Charter Award We have a clear and credible plan for achieving Net Zero within the Mill Following a further assessment of Woodbridge Tide Mill the Suffolk Carbon Charter panel has decided to renew its Gold level award of the Suffolk Carbon Charter. The Tide Mill previously received the Award in 2015 and 2020. Free energy generator sponsored [...]
We install a Micro Generator!
Micro Generator Installed We've installed a micro-generator to demonstrate electricity generation from hydropower Woodbridge Tide Mill has installed a micro-generator inside the Mill to demonstrate electricity generation from hydropower. The purpose is to educate and provide activities around STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) themes for the many KS1, and KS2-3 students who visit the Mill. The micro-generator takes its energy from the Crown [...]
Lively Lammas Day Craft session
Lively Lammas Day Craft session Our Education Lead, Heather helped youngsters to craft corn dollies On a sunny Monday 8 August, Heather Sheehan our Education Lead welcomed youngsters over a two hour session to make traditional Corn Dollies. Corn Dollies are a form of straw work made as part of harvest customs of Europe before mechanization. Before Christianisation, in traditional pagan European culture it was believed [...]
Picture Perfect
Picture perfect Tide Mill Volunteer Steve curates our Gallery Tide Mill Senior Warden Stephen Molyneux and Curator Dr Amy Jane Barnes are sorting out the collection of paintings, photographs and other memorabilia held in the Weaver Room at the Mill. The pictures will be hung and labelled professionally using Stas hanging systems. Because the room gets so much light, with it's unobscured view over [...]
Tide Mill video recently found
Brilliant video found fascinating Anglia Productions (ITV) programme We were lucky enough to get hold of a DVD (remember those?) of a fascinating Anglia Productions (ITV) programme outlining the renovation of Woodbridge Tide Mill which had been in decay from just before 1900 until the final straw of a broken waterwheel shaft ended its commercial life in 1957. Following its purchase in 1968 by [...]
Summer 2022 Newsletter
Summer 2022 Newsletter Developments, appointments and plans at a busy Mill Dear Supporters, Volunteers and Friends of Woodbridge Tide Mill It's a pleasure to be sending this Summer Newsletter with the Mill open daily and visitor numbers close to 800 a month and growing. Dan and the team of volunteers are busy welcoming these healthy numbers to see the Mill and the Committee remains busy [...]
Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum adds micro-generation education project
Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum adds micro-generation education project Woodbridge Tide Mill is to install a micro-generator inside the Mill to demonstrate electricity generation from hydropower Woodbridge Tide Mill is to install a micro-generator inside the Mill to demonstrate electricity generation from hydropower. The purpose is to educate and provide activities around STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) themes for the many KS1, and KS2-3 students [...]
New Tide Mill video
New Tide Mill video Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum from the perspective of, and narrated by, the Mill's Head Miller; Dan Tarrant-Willis Made in Spring 2022, this video provides an insight into the Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum from the perspective of, and narrated by, the Mill's Head Miller; Dan Tarrant-Willis. He describes how the Mill uses the 'free energy' of the tides to mill flour. [...]
Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum awarded accreditation accolade
Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum awarded accreditation accolade Accreditation is the benchmark for well-run Museums and Galleries Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum, a rare and much-loved working tide mill on the banks of the River Deben in Woodbridge Suffolk has been given full Accreditation status. Administered by Arts Council England on behalf of the UK Accreditation Partnership, Accreditation is the benchmark for well-run Museums and Galleries. It [...]
New Curator for Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum
New Curator for Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum Dr Amy Jane Barnes brings a wealth of experience Woodbridge Tide Mill is happy to announce the appointment of a new Curator. Dr Amy Jane Barnes joins the Mill at an exciting time when, under Chairman John Carrington, it is expanding its appeal to museumgoers through improved communication for both physical and online visitors as well as widening [...]
Mill model gets some TLC
Model Maintenance The Mill's useful demonstration model gets fixed There's a model in the Tide Mill that demonstrates how the process of harnessing water from the Deben at high tide and then releasing it back into the river at low tide, after it has run under a water wheel, powers the Mill machinery to grind flour. It's a very popular exhibit because it is a [...]
Tide Mill engineers replace penstock guides
Tide Mill Engineers at work Running an old Mill takes a man down a pit I'm sure we've all had trouble with our penstock from time-to-time? Sometimes also called a gate valve, the Tide Mill's penstock controls if, when and how much water leaves the mill pond and flows under the mill wheel to turn it. It is held in place by guides that make [...]
Cracking Riverside Easter Egg Hunt draws crowds
Cracking Riverside Easter Egg Hunt draws crowds Approaching 100 make 2022 Hunt the best yet The Woodbridge Tide Mill Easter Egg Hunt took place on Weds morning 13th April. Nearly 100 children of all ages came along in the sunshine to hunt for 12 hidden egg pictures spread around Woodbridge Riverside (the ‘Front’) in Woodbridge Tide Mill, Woodbridge Museum and The Longshed. Visitor Tim Johnson [...]
Curator Vacancy
Curator Vacancy The Tide Mill Trust is seeking a volunteer Curator Curator Sought The Tide Mill Trust is seeking a volunteer Curator to oversee and develop its small collection of historic material covering: the conservation and safe storage of material adding to the Collection cataloging the Collection organising occasional displays of material in the Mill Whist prior experience would be useful, training can be provided [...]
Fantastic 3D Son et Lumière 22 Dec 2021
The Spirit of Christmas Son et Lumiere event Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum was happy to play it's part as backdrop for this fantastic event. What a great evening! The Spirit of Christmas Son et Lumiere event was projected onto The Tide Mill, Woodbridge at 8pm on Weds 22 Dec, 2021 with Free Entry It followed The Woodbridge Rotary Club Carol Service on Whisstocks Place [...]
‘Design a machine for home to make your life easier’ competition winners
'Design a machine for home to make your life easier' competition winners Sandlings Primary school duo prevail Our Tide Mill Education Lead, Heather challenged Teachers and U11s to enter a competition to 'design a machine for home to make your life easier'. And the winners are: - Audrey Salia - Year 2 (Giraffes Class) at Sandlings Primary. She designed Cat the Cleaner and even made [...]
Henry helps Dan avoid dust up
Henry helps Dan avoid dust up Head Miller Dan's ingenious solution to flour dust "you couldn't see your hand in front of your face!" So said Dan when he was originally faced with a busy milling schedule at Woodbridge Tide Mill. The clouds of ultra-fine flour generated every time the Millers ground the Tide Mills famous Traditional and Fine flour provided an unpleasant workplace that [...]
SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS Son et Lumiere on The Tide Mill
SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS Son et Lumiere on The Tide Mill, Woodbridge SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS Son et Lumiere on The Tide Mill, Woodbridge December 22nd, 2021, at 8pm with Free Entry Following The Woodbridge Rotary Club Carol Service on Whisstocks Place which starts at 6:30pm Clare Perkins is known to many here in Woodbridge and she is the creative producer of the Spirit of Christmas Son [...]
2022 TM Calendars on sale now
2022 TM Calendars on sale now An original gift just £9.99 Buy a calendar here We held a Photo Competition! Following on from our popular Photo Competition, we have launched a Charity Calendar for 2022 to raise funds for the Tide Mill Charitable Trust. The high quality, A4, landscape, laminated, calendars feature the Competition’s winning photos as well as the best of the hundreds of [...]
Please help us improve – complete our survey
Please help us improve Your feedback is helpful to us Please let us know how you use the Mill It would help us a great deal to know what you think about visiting the Tide Mill. When you visit, why you visit, how you visit and so on. It only takes a few minutes and let's us know how to fulfil our role of museum [...]
Wheel turning suspended until Sat 16 Oct 2021
Wheel turning suspended until Sat 16 Oct Penstock problems need repairing The Maintenance Team has just disabled the Penstock so they can make a much needed repair. Unfortunately this means that we will not be able to turn the wheel until the new part is fixed. We hope we will be able to turn the wheel again from Sat 16 October. We apologise for the [...]
Head Miller Dan solves Tide Mill weed problem
Head Miller Dan solves Tide Mill weed problem Woodbridge Tide Mill’s millpond had a problem. The Problem Woodbridge Tide Mill’s millpond had a problem. Weed was growing in an uncontrollable manner, and this was blocking the point at which water is released from the pond to power the millwheel and grind wheat. The weed grows from the bottom, eventually detaches and floats to the top. [...]
Under 11s Competition Time!
Under 11s Competition Time! Design, learn more, win! Under 11s Competition! It's competition time here at the Mill! Would you like to win a free visit to the Mill for you and your classmates? If so then all you have to do is complete the entry (you must be 11 or under to enter). You have until Friday 22nd October to enter. Good luck! Did you know [...]
Woodbridge Tide Mill Photo competition 2021 winners announced
Woodbridge Tide Mill Photo competition 2021 winners announced Winners photos and those selected for the Tide Mill Calendar 2022 HERE Woodbridge Tide Mill announced the winners of its 2021 Photo Competition. Although the Tide Mill is probably the most photographed building in Woodbridge this is the first time it has recognised the fact with a Competition. Tide Mill Photo Competition Award l-r Sam Pyle Winner, [...]
Woodbridge Tide Mill Charitable Trust seeks two volunteer Trustees
Volunteer Trustee Wanted Woodbridge Tide Mill Charitable Trust seeks a volunteer Trustee Woodbridge Tide Mill Charitable Trust The Woodbridge Tide Mill Charitable Trust seeks a new Trustee to join the Board on a voluntary basis. Woodbridge Tide Mill Living Museum is an award-winning, Grade I listed visitor attraction on the Suffolk coast. Built in 1793 and now fully restored, it provides a wide-range of learning [...]
Re-opening
We are open! Join us in celebrating the full reopening of the Tide Mill! Reopening Plans We have finally fully reopened! Thanks to the current easing of restrictions, we are not limited to the number of visitors we can welcome at any one time and advance booking is no longer required. When visiting, we ask that all visitors wear masks, as will any volunteers and staff. [...]
Visiting in Summer
Summer Fun at the Mill Have fun, discover something new Summer Fun! The summer holidays have officially begun for many and one great day trip is here with us at the Mill. Not only do you get to see the River Deben looking absolutely amazing, you also get to discover some local heritage you may not know much about. Here at the Mill there are [...]
Job Vacancy: Project Development Coordinator
Job vacancy Project Development Coordinator £20,000pa pro rata for 4 days a week. One year contract, renewable. We are seeking an enthusiastic self-starter for an exciting new job that would suit an early to mid-career professional to support the development and delivery of museum projects. Our award-winning living tide-mill museum and friendly team provide an inspirational environment for gaining a wide-range of museum experience. From [...]
The oldest tide mill was horizontal!
The oldest tide mill was horizontal! Water wheels also work laying down apparently Nendrum Mill excavation Researching tide mills the other day I asked the internet about the earliest. It declared that the earliest tidal mill so far discovered in Europe was excavated at Nendrum, Northern Ireland. It was built between 619 and 621 for an early Christian monastery (there's always a monastery involved [...]
Suffolk Cllr Matthew Hicks visits Woodbridge Tide MIll Museum
Suffolk Council Leader, Cllr. Matthew Hicks visits Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum Local County Councillor meets Mill management Leader of Suffolk County Council, Councillor Matthew Hicks visited Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum on Monday 21 June and was given a guided tour by Head Miller Dan Tarrant - Willis and John Carrington, Chair of the Woodbridge Tide Mill Charitable Trust. Mr Hicks, who was visiting the Mill for [...]
National Volunteer Week
National Volunteer Week Help out, learn, join a team and make friends Happy Volunteer Week! This week, 1st June - 7th June, the country celebrates national volunteers from across the sectors. This is a time to say thank you for the contributions millions of people make across the U.K. Join us in celebrating and recognising the contribution so many volunteers make. Volunteering is rewarding but [...]
Spring 2021 – Newsletter
Spring 2021 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter Features This Month: View From The Bridge, the Manager, Milling & Marketing, Curation, Engineering, Profiles of Volunteers plus Dates For Your Diary Click the image above for the full copy.
Tide Mill Reopening plans
TIDE MILL REOPENING PLANS On the basis of the latest advice from Government, the Tide Mill is currently open to visitors. Entry is limited to five visitors at a time and needs to be booked in advance via the Mill’s website. The limit on visitor numbers should end from Monday 19 July. If so, advance booking will end from that point. If the Government guidance changes these [...]
December 2020 – Newsletter
December 2020 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter Features This Month: Mike Whitby’s Photography, Puzzle Page for Fun [?], There is a Tide in the Affairs of a Mill, Engineering and Milling Round-Up , Old Mill – New Clicks and more Click the image above for the full copy.
HE helps Tide Mill build School Resource
HE helps Tide Mill build School Resource Thanks to a generous grant from Historic England in early summer 2020 the Mill has been able to build it’s online education page to offer more to schools. Subjects vary from the Mill’s relationship with, and reliance upon, the tides, the Mill in the history of Woodbridge, Mill maintenance, Levers, Pulleys and Gears, From Soils to Sandwich to more light [...]
The Mill Wins 2020 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award
Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum Wins 2020 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum today announced it has been recognized as a 2020 Travellers’ Choice Award winner based on a full year of Tripadvisor reviews, prior to any changes caused by the pandemic. According to Tripadvisor ‘award winners exemplify travellers’ ultimate favourite, top 10% of hospitality businesses around the globe’. John Carrington, Chair of the Woodbridge Tide [...]
September 2020 – Newsletter
September 2019 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter Features This Month: Curator’s Coruscations, Mo Ling, Miller’s Chronicle, The Tide Mill’s Waterwheel and Spliced Columns & Tie Bars Click the image above for the full copy.
August 2020 – Newsletter
August 2019 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter Features This Month: Shipbuilding In Woodbridge, Whisstock’s Boatyard, Spot The Drone and much more Click the image above for the full copy.
July 2020 – Newsletter
July 2020 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter This addition announces the Mill's re-opening and includes articles such as Digital Education, Birds of the Tide Mill, Wendings Ends and many others Click the image above for the full copy.
Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum is re-opening!
Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum is re-opening at weekends from 4 July! We are pleased to report that we have acquired the Industry Standard ‘Good To Go’ mark which means that Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum has followed government and industry COVID-19 guidelines, has a Risk Assessment in place and a process to maintain cleanliness and aid social distancing. You can find out more by downloading our new visitor [...]
June 2020 – Newsletter
June 2020 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter Features This Month: Lockdown News - various pages, See? Saws!, Engineering, Roman Water Mills and Carbon Charter Gold Click the image above for the full copy.
Locked Down – not Locked Out!
Locked down - not locked out! While Covid-19 keeps our visitors at home, many museums are offering increased digital access to their collections. Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum is no different. For the first time you can now view our three precious Production Log Books in their entirety. The books date from 1880, 1889 and 1907 and offer a detailed insight into the commercial life of the Tide [...]
Tide Mill granted Suffolk Carbon Charter Gold – again
Tide Mill granted Suffolk Carbon Charter Gold - again The Tide Mill has been awarded the Suffolk Carbon Charter again in 2020. Many congratulations to the team that put the submission together and assisted the CC Panel with information for its deliberations. Read below the Panel's case study that explains the process and why the Mill was granted Gold.
May 2020 – Newsletter
May 2020 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter Features This Month: Our Curator Coruscates Again, We Finish Walking Around Woodbridge, Prints Raise Funds, Lockdown Activities and A New Face At The Mill Click the image above for the full copy.
Oral History Project Launch
With so many of us in self isolation at present, and perhaps with some time on our hands, I wondered if some of you would like to contribute to the collections of the Tide Mill Museum.As well as extra spare time, most of us now have at our fingertips the technology to conveniently record sound - our mobile phones. With the addition of a small app, it is [...]
April 2020 – Newsletter
April 2020 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter Features This Month: Temporary Closure Announcement, Still Walking Round Woodbridge, Ed’s Bread Recipe and John Smith Engineer (Rtd) Click the image above for the full copy.
Woodbridge Tide Mill re-opens at weekends from 4th July
Woodbridge Tide Mill re-opens at weekends from 4th July We are pleased to report that we have acquired the Industry Standard ‘Good To Go’ mark which means that Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum has followed government and industry COVID-19 guidelines, has a Risk Assessment in place and a process to maintain cleanliness and aid social distancing.You can find out more by downloading our new visitor guide here Tickets [...]
Redecoration Works – Weekday Mill Closure – 20th April – 5 June 2020
Weekday Mill Closure - 20th April - 5th June 2020 During the period of redecoration works, from 20 April to 5 June, regrettably the Tide Mill will only be open at weekends and bank holidays as well as for pre-arranged groups and school visits. This is required to ensure the safety of visitors and the redecoration team. We do apologise for this and hope that [...]
March 2020 – Newsletter
March 2020 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter Features This Month: Walk Through Woodbridge continues, Uplifting Elevators, Sophie’s Soda Bread Recipe, The Flood, Episode Umpteen and Bob’s Visitor Analysis Click the image above for the full copy.
February 2020 – Newsletter
February 2020 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter Features This Month: A Walking Tour Of Woodbridge Begins, Great Cream Tea Debate, School Report and Engineering & Milling Stuff Click the image above for the full copy.
Tide Mill is lifted above tide line
Tide Mill is lifted above tide line Woodbridge Tide Mill, when it was restored the whole of the Tide Mill had to be lifted to get above the present tide line, In 1975 it was opened to the public.
January 2020 – Newsletter
January 2020 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter Features This Month: A Walking Tour Of Woodbridge (extract), New Year Puzzle Page and School Report Click the image above for the full copy.
December 2019 – Newsletter
December 2019 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter Features This Month: Jewers Grains, Puzzle Page, Schools Galore and Thrill at the Mill Click the image above for the full copy.
November 2019 – Newsletter
November 2019 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter This addition includes articles such as Nendrum Tide Mill, Beetles & Trussells, Wendy In Boulogne and many others. Click the image above for the full copy.
Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum and a Company of Four present ‘Thrill at the Mill’ this Halloween
This year the Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum, along with the talented AmDram group ‘A Company of Four’ are hosting their first ever ‘Thrill at the Mill’ fright nights this Halloween. Guests will be entertained as the Mill (inside and out) becomes the stage for a selection of haunting characters inspired by the Tide Mill’s grizzly history. The spine-chilling evening will consist of consecutive session slots for the [...]
October 2019 – Newsletter
October 2019 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter Features This Month: Heatherslaw Corn Mill, Northumberland, Flapjacks Recipe, Dressed Up and School Report Click the image above for the full copy.
September 2019 – Newsletter
September 2019 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter Features This Month: Sibsey Trader Mill; Electric Motor Cycles; Wendings is Back; Stone Cleaning Click the image above for the full copy.
August 2019 – Newsletter
August 2019 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter Features This Month: Barony Mill, Orkneys, Bannocks Recipe, One Way or an Auger, The Truth about Wholemeal Bread Click the image above for the full copy.
July 2019 – Newsletter
July 2019 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter Features This Month: Letheringsett Mill, Wendy is back!, Schools Report, Even Better Governed, Bonus Regatta Pages Click the image above for the full copy.
June 2019 – Newsletter
June 2019 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter Features This Month: Heron Corn Mill, Cumbria, Bellina Bread (aka The Grant Loaf), Well Governed, Beowulf & Friends and School Report Click the image above for the full copy.
Beowulf Music & Bar 4/5/19
Beowulf Music & Bar 4/5/19 The Tide Mill Living Museum welcomed a hardy audience for The Spirit of Beowulf Community Festival on Sat 4 May as musicians braved the on/off weather to belt out some classy tunes. The Mill Bar did steady business refreshing music fans and the Mill sheltered them when the hail started to sting! [...]
Fantastic Friends Drinks
Fabulous Friend's Drinks WONDERFUL to see so many Friends at the Friends of Woodbridge Tide Mill Drinks on Friday 3 May. A sight drizzle failed to deter a strong turnout to drinks and food supplied by Vernon from The Table, Woodbridge. Chins were wagged and the promising start to the season celebrated by all. Volunteer John Leming welcomed everyone and encouraged them to introduce more Friends to [...]
May 2019 Newsletter
May 2019 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter This addition includes features on De Immigrant Windmill, “Blue Ribbon” Banana Bread Recipe, Which Wood? and many others. Click the image above for the full copy.
April 2019 Newsletter
April 2019 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter This NEW LOOK edition includes articles such as View from the Bridge, Keeping flour alive at Maple Farm, Kelsale, Curator's Coruscations and many others. Click the image above for the full copy.
March 2019 Newsletter
March 2019 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter This addition includes Keeping Flour Alive At Pakenham, Recipe, Curator’s Coruscations, Wendings, Engineering Gazette, Busker's Corner, Appeal for Leafleteers, Miller's Chronicle, Writing Wrongs and Diary Dates Click the image above for the full copy.
February 2019 Newsletter
February 2019 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter This newsletter includes Keeping Flour Alive, Damper Recipe, Curator’s Coruscations' Busker's Corner, Miller's Chronicle, Editorial Appeal, Wendings, Engineering Gazette, Book Your Private Function, ‘Be a Friend’ Link, Wendings (concluded), Late New Year’s Resolutions, Strine Translation, Diary Dates and Visit Other Tide Mills. Click the image above for the full copy.
January 2019 Newsletter
January 2019 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter In this newsletter read about Keeping Flour Alive at Eling, New Year Puzzle Page, Curator’s Coruscations, Recipe from Eling, Busker's Corner, Miller's Chronicle, Engineering Gazette, Join Us, Do You Know What This Is?.., Wendings, Diary Dates and The Surname Miller Click the image above for the full copy.
December 2018 Newsletter
December 2018 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter This addition includes articles such as Being Patrons of the WTM, Engineering Gazette, Me, My Father and a Turkey, Busker's Corner, WTM In and Out, MMF&T Continued, The Heartbroken Swan, Miller's Chronicle, Wirral Bakers Come Back For More, Curator’s Coruscations and a WTM Christmas Picture Gallery. Click the image above for the full copy.
November 2018 Newsletter
November 2018 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter The latest Newsletter includes Archivist's Review, End Of Season Get Together, The Story Behind - Ed., Suffolk Farmers’ Market, It's A Result! - Ed’s SB, Warden’s Digest, Busker's Corner, Ringing Remembers, School Report, Engineering Gazette, Miller's Chronicle, Milling Demonstrations, Visit Other Tide Mills and Gentle Quiz Night Reminder Click the image above for the full copy.
Successful 2018 Season celebrated
Friends of the Tide Mill Woodbridge gathered on Friday 26 Oct to hear a report from Chairman John Carrington about the Progress the Tide Mill had made during the 2018 season. John reported that initiatives like a new website, an improved social media presence, new volunteers, merchandise sales, increased use of Gift Aid, accounting developments and events like Beowulf and farmers' markets had paid off during 2018. [...]
Tide Mill supports Suffolk Farmers’ Market
Tide Mill supports Suffolk Farmers' Market Do come and say Hi and maybe buy some Tide Mill strong stoneground wholemeal Flour at Suffolk Farmers' Market between 10am and 4pm on Saturday week the 13th. Woodbridge Tide Mill, the only producer of stoneground very strong wholemeal flour in the area, will be selling both Fine and Traditional grades of its excellent product at the inaugural Farmers Market at [...]
Tide Mill stall supports GBHS bid
Tide Mill stall supports GBHS The Tide Mill had a stall in the Thoroughfare on Friday 28 Sept as part of the presentations for the judging of the Great British High Street for which the Thoroughfare has been nominated. Dan did a great job with our stall.
October 2018 – Newsletter
October 2018 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter This addition includes New Faces At The Mill, Archivist's Review Deferred, An Independent Accolade, More About PT, Engineering Gazette, Busker's Corner, The Story Behind - JC’s Success, It's A Result! - JC’s HTMC, Decoration Time, Warden's Digest, Miller's Chronicle, Quiz Night Booking Form, Diary Dates and Other Tide Mills Click the image above for the full copy.
September 2018 – Newsletter
September 2018 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter This addition includes Archivist's Review, Quiz Night Poster, TS Lord Nelson, Engineering Gazette, Busker's Corner, Word Wheel, The Story Behind - WREB Pt2, It's A Result! - WRSR, Miller's Chronicle, Warden's Digest, Maritime Woodbridge Reminder, ToM (&M), a Quiz Night Booking Form, Diary Dates and Visit Other Tide Mills Click the image above for the full copy.
The Tide Mill needs volunteer Engineers
The Tide Mill needs volunteer Engineers Might you, or somebody you know, be interested in joining the Tide Mill Engineering Maintenance Team? The Team ensures that the Mill machinery is kept running satisfactorily and that flour milling can continue unhindered. To do this we have a team of volunteers from varied backgrounds that gets together to carry out regular monthly maintenance and any repair work which crops up. [...]
August 2018 – Newsletter
August 2018 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter This Newletter includes articles such as ToM (&M), Warden's Digest, Miller's Chronicle, Engineering Gazette, Busker's Corner, Word Wheel, The Story Behind - FH Reluctant Tourist, It's A Result! - FH’s Dumplings, Recruitment Drive, Diary Dates, Other Tide Mills and Archivist's Review Deferred Click the image above for the full copy.
TS Lord Nelson passed the Tide Mill 16_7_18
TS Lord Nelson passed the Tide Mill 16 July 2018 If you saw HMS Vale P155 aka TS Lord Nelson making her way through Woodbridge on 16 July to www.meltonboatyard.co.uk (pulled by Tam Grundy’s sturdy tugs ‘BenMichael’ and ‘Fury’) you may be interested to know that she is to become a coffee shop/club house at the Boatyard. http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/s-lord-nelson-saved-from-scrap-yard-1-5545188
July 2018 – Newsletter
July 2018 - Newsletter A View from the Bridge, Archivist's Review, ToM (&M), Warden's Digest, Engineering Gazette, Busker's Corner, Word Wheel, The Story Behind - RBY&A, It's A Result! - BB, Miller's Chronicle, Scenes From The Suffolk Show, Bob Gets His Dues, Celebrity Visitor, School Report, Diary Dates, Maritime Woodbridge Appeal and Other Tide Mills Click the image above for the full copy.
Best-selling author visits the Mill
A pleasure today to welcome Philippa Gregory established historian & writer and International No 1 best seller.
Dedicated Tide Mill Volunteer recognised
Bob Spillett, Vice-Chair of Woodbridge Tide Mill Trustees since 2012 and hard-working volunteer, has stepped down from the VC role after a busy five years.
June 2018 – Newsletter
June 2018 – Newsletter Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter Photos from Beowulf, Warden’s Digest, Engineering Gazette, ToM (&M), Miller’s Chronicle, Busker’s Corner, Word Wheel, The Story Behind – JWW, It’s A Result! – Mincemeat, Cake, Diary Dates and Other Tide Mills.. Click the image above for the full copy.
May 2018 – Newsletter
May 2018 – Newsletter In this edition : Archivist’s Review, It’s A Result! – WRMB, Engineering Gazette, ToM (&M) Deferred, Busker’s Corner, Word Wheel, The Story Behind – WRTT, School Farm Country Fair Image, Warden’s Digest, Miller’s Chronicle, New Faces At The Mill, Suffolk Carbon Charter, Diary Dates and Other Tide Mills. Click the image above for the full copy.
April 2018 – Newsletter
April 2018 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter This addition includes articles such as Archivist’s Review, School Report, Leaflets distribution, Warden’s Digest, Engineering Gazette, Busker’s Corner, The Story Behind – RCJ, It’s A Result! and many others. Click the image above for the full copy.
March 2018 – Newsletter
April 2018 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter includes articles such as View from the Bridge, Tale of Mills, Our Volunteers and details of the Spring Cleaning Party. Click the image above for the full copy.
February 2018 – Newsletter
February 2018 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter This month’s Newsletter includes The Fellowship of the Mill, Tales of Mills (and Millers), Peter Luxmoore’s Friend, Word Wheel Puzzle, Busker’s Corner, Flour Production Update, Diary Dates for 2018, Other Tide Mills and Word Wheel Answers. Click the image above for the full copy.
January 2018 Newsletter
January 2018 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter The January Newsletter includes The Fellowship of the Mill, The Guides, FOTM Part Two, Tales of Mills (and Millers) Puzzle Page, Appeal, Flour Production, Busker’s Corner, Puzzle Answers and Diary Dates. Click the image above for the full copy.
East Anglian reports Chairman’s farewell gift
East Anglian reports Chairman’s farewell gift The East Anglian Daily Times reported on the presentation to outgoing Chairman Nigel Barratt and his wife Anne of a model of the Tide Mill. Click the image above to read the article.
December 2017 Newsletter
December 2018 – Newsletter The latest Woodbridge Tide Mill Newsletter The December newsletter includes The view from the bridge, The Fellowship of the Mill – The Baggers and Salesfolk, Puzzle Page, Engineering Gazette, Tales of Mills (and Millers), Busker’s Corner, The Miller’s Chronicle, New Face at the Mill, Archivist’s Review, a thank you, The One That Got Away and Writing Wrongs. Click the image above for the full copy. [...]
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