493rd Bomb Group Museum 2025
Suffolk
The last working watermill in Suffolk, this 18th century watermill is now owned by the Suffolk Building Preservation Trust. Water from Pakenham Fen collects in the mill pond to turn the 16ft iron waterwheel. In the former miller’s house next door you can see the old kitchen with its brewing vat and bread oven.
Address: Mill Road Pakenham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 2NB
Apr-Sep. Sat-Sun & BHol 1330-1630. Thu 1000-1230. Oct-12 Dec; 4 Jan-28 Mar 2025 Thu 0930-1230. Visit website for more details.
The parish of Pakenham is unique in Britain in having both a water mill and a windmill. Here, for almost a 1,000 years, millers have been using the simple technology of water power to produce stone-ground wholemeal flour from locally-grown wheat.
The friendly guide will show you how the mill works, how to hoist sacks of wheat to the top of the mill, what the damsel does, the 1904 Blackstone oil engine, and much more besides.