Scouts and cubs from a local group spent a wet and rainy Sunday morning building a  large Bug Hotel for the garden and they did a great job.

We encourage children to come along and join in to develop their confidence and expand their skills. Projects like this help them understand the relevance of maths, physics, nature, science and climate, all while having fun.

Their participation means they have added to the history of Meopham Windmill and can take well deserved pride in their achievement.
We love it and so do the bugs.

Dave Denman and Victoria Sheridan spent a happy hour with Clive Jenns discussing many aspects of Restoring and Opening Meopham Windmill to the public.

We laughed and Clive appropriate music as we enjoyed sharing sometimes technical and sometimes anecdotal insights into what the volunteers had been up to and how well Meopham villagers and the wider public have embraced this refreshing project.

The politics and the financing of the restoration was a serious issue and we explored the cultural value and historical importance of this rare building.  However, with a lot of high spirits and positive expectation for the future, the interview was easily in danger of running over time.

Thank you to Clive for taking such an enthusiastic interest in all the effort that’s gone into restoring Meopham Windmill and helping us promote our free open events.

Lord Lieutenant, Lady Colgrain, Baroness Annabel Campbell; Mayor of Gravesham, Jenny Wallace and Meopham Windmill Trust Trustee, Dave Denman welcomed VIPs, local businesses, volunteers and villagers who have had longstanding connections with the Mill to an official celebration of the opening of Meopham Windmill.

Half a class at a time, children from St George’s Primary School spent two separate afternoons at Meopham Windmill, attentively learning about aspects of making flour from corn and other cereals and how the mill also produced animal feed from the left overs.

The children were excited but very well behaved and followed any safety precautions including hand cleaning afterward. There was a lot for them to see and do and the Rat Trail was most popular.

It was a pleasure to see them learn the history and the importance the windmill once played in village life.

Two of the popular U3A groups were invited to enjoy a painting and drawing morning. It was blazing hot day but several, enticed at the thought of a windmill as a subject, came along despite the intense heat. 

The artists have submitted some beautiful paintings and sketches of the windmill and the garden all of which have been put on display in the base room of the windmill.

Boys from Northfleet Technical College, Northfleet enjoyed an inspiring trip and went away with lots of ideas to practise their story writing skills in their English Literature lessons.

Their teachers were happy as these students engaged and asked questions about the workings and history of the windmill. The boys were particularly impressed with the technology used to track weather and wind speeds necessary for the sweeps to spin.