Berney Arms Wind
Pump - Windmill
Berney Arms, Norfolk
One of the finest of
Norfolk’s tower mills, in care of English Heritage. It has 7 floors, and is the
tallest mill in the Broadland area. It ground cement clinker until about 1880,
and was then used for drainage until 1951.
Berney Arms Windmill is currently closed to allow conservation work to be
carried out. For further information please telephone 01493 857900.
One of Norfolk's best and largest extant marsh mills, built to grind a
constituent of cement and in use until 1951, finally pumping water to drain
surrounding marshland.
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Berney Arms wind Pump, Berney Arms, Norfolk |
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3 1⁄2 miles NE of
Reedham on the N bank of River Yare. Accessible by hired boat, or by
footpath from Halvergate (3 1⁄2 miles). 1⁄4 mile walk from train.
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Haven Bridge, Great Yarmouth (01493 728876). |
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Tours: 01799 522842.
Other enquiries: Simon Tandey 01493 857900. |
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