​Easter Weekend

Easter Opening
Open Good Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Easter Monday
18 April - 21 April
10.30am - 4.30pm

Delicious cakes in the
Miller's House Tea Rooms, with windmill &  shop open
FREE Easter Trail around the grounds for children

May

Milling & Steaming
Saturday 3 May
​10.30am - 3pm 

We will be milling on the Hurst Frame, and running steam engine Maud providing a working display of milling on a farm mill

​Music in May

Sleaford Live

Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th May

Saturday 3rd of May
12.00 Andy Tymens
12.45 Terry Walton
1.30 Jan Leszczynski
2.15  Steve Scarfe
3.00 Ric Huddleston.
3.45 Sleaford Ukulele Orchestra
4.45 
5.15 Keith Collishaw
Sunday 4th of May
12.00 Keith Collishaw
12.45 Ray and Pam Thompson
1.30 Tony Dobson and Dave Leggat
2.15 Task 17
3.15 Tom Lane and Dave Fletcher
Join the Sleaford Live event as it comes to Heckington Windmill
​Live Music, food, mill and brewery open

​May

National Mills Weekend
Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th May
Mill Open 11am - 4pm

Celebrating the very best of wind and water mills across the country

​May

George Chambers Memorial Tractor Run
Sunday 11th May
Arriving at the mill approx 12 noon

See over 50 tractors arrive at the windmill for the annual tractor run

June

Milling & Steaming
Saturday 7 June
10.30am - 3pm 

We will be milling on the Hurst Frame, and running steam engine Maud providing a working display of milling on a farm mill

​June

Armed Forces Day
Sunday 29th Jume
11am - 4pm

With FREE entry to the windmill to all serving and veteran forces members.

July

Milling & Steaming
Saturday 5 July
10.30am - 3pm 

We will be milling on the Hurst Frame, and running steam engine Maud providing a working display of milling on a farm mill

July

Heckington Show Weekend
Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th July
10.30am - 4.30pm

Visit us at the Show in the Heritage & Vintage areas, or come and visit the windmill.
​​Beer Festival all weekend at the
8 Sail Brewery!

August

School Summer Holidays Extended Opening
From 18 July - 30 August 2025
Open Every:
Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
​& Sunday
10.30am - 4.30pm
Closed Tuesday & Wednesday

September

Milling & Steaming
Saturday 6th September
10.30am - 3pm 

We will be milling on the Hurst Frame, and running steam engine Maud providing a working display of milling on a farm mill

​September

Lincolnshire Heritage
Open Days
12, 13, 14 September
Friday, Saturday & Sunday
11am - 4pm

We are taking part in the 
​Heritage Open Days Event with FREE entry for children into the  windmill!

September

Harvest Family Fun Day

Sunday 28th September
11am - 4pm
​
Activities and exhibitions for all the family!
Shire horses demonstration
Vintage Tractors
Steam and Barn Engines
Milling flour 
Spinning & Weaving
Lincolnshire Rare Breed Sheep
Bread making demonstrations

​October

Halloween Weekend
Friday 31st October, Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd November
11am - 4pm
Pumpkins, spiders, competitions and a special hunt around the grounds for children!

November

Milling & Steaming
Saturday 1st November
10.30am - 3pm 

We will be milling on the Hurst Frame, and running steam engine Maud providing a working display of milling on a farm mill

​Christmas at the Mill

Visit Father Christmas 
Saturday 6th December &
Sunday 7th December
12.30pm - 3.30pm
​£5 per child

Christmas Hampers 
The perfect Christmas gift for your family and friends!
Choose from one of our ready-made hampers!

Shop open Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays - 11am - 4pm

8 Sail Facts

Heckington Windmill played a key role in a Guinness World Record for the fastest produced loaf of bread.
 In 1992 the bakers in the village took standing wheat from the field to the table, via the mill - just 21 minutes!