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Visit Thanet Logo (3) Visit Thanet
Destinations
  • Margate
  • Insider's Guide to Margate Cliftonville
  • Broadstairs
  • Ramsgate
  • Villages
  • Seasonal Coast
  • Green & Sustainable Thanet
  • Our Coast
  • Beaches and Bays Active Coast Calm Coast Curious Coast Family Fun Coast Beach Information
  • Coastal Explorers
  • Coastal Education Resources
  • Beach Group Visits
  • History and Heritage
  • Margate History Broadstairs History Ramsgate History Village History Heritage and Architecture Frontline Thanet Ramsgate: The Heart of the Dunkirk Little Ships
  • Literary Heroes
  • Railway 200
Things to Do
  • See and Do
  • Latest Attraction Opening Hours
  • Find Attractions
  • Entertainment
  • Arts and Culture
  • Galleries and Studios Turner and Margate Kent’s Creative Isle of Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate
  • Shopping and Markets
  • Family Fun
  • Escape Rooms
  • Experiences
  • Active and Outdoors
  • Cycling at the Coast Walking the Isle of Thanet It’s all about the Golf Sightseeing Boat and Fishing Trips Sea Swimming and Saunas
  • Coastal Wellness
  • Yoga
  • Parks
  • Seasonal Coast
  • Make a Digital Discovery
  • Audio Thanet
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Open from May 2025 until late September

This 19th century Smock Mill was rescued from dereliction and restored by volunteers in the early 1970s. 

It was built by Holman's of Canterbury, in about 1850, and was originally one of a pair at the site along St Peter's Footpath. As well as a tour of the mill, there is a small museum and workshop. 

The Drapers Windmill Trust opens the Windmill free of charge to the public on Sundays between May and September, 2-4pm. 

To visit at other times, please contact enquiries@draperswindmill.org.uk or ring 07985 147563. Booking can be available at short notice especially when volunteers are onsite. 

Your Windmill needs You - As currently one of the few mills operating in Kent, the wind is not enough - they need people willing to learn to run the sweeps (sails), grind the grain, run their 100 year old Crossley auxiliary gas engine and share this wonderful resource with visitors. Please get in touch or drop in for a visit! 

They look forward to welcoming you soon! 

Access Information

There are six easy steps at the entrance to the windmill. There is a CCTV monitor display and history film at the ground floor level, for those unable to climb the steep stairs to the upper floors.

Toilet available; although the door is wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair, the facilities themselves are currently not fully accessible. KCC and the Trust are working to improve this.

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Admission is free, with donations towards the upkeep of the Windmill gratefully received

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Drapers Windmill St Peter's Footpath, off College Road
Margate

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CT9 2SP

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enquiries@draperswindmill.org.uk 07985 147563

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Open Sundays 2pm - 4pm (May 4th - September 28th) Also visits by appointment or if volunteers onsite plus special events

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