A trip to Horsey Mere on the Norfolk Broads cannot be done without having a close view of this windmill, more correctly termed a windpump. This is a rather artistic view of the main mechanisms. The wooden cogwheel being about 2-3 metre diameter.

Horsey Windpump (PiP) is a drainage mill built in 1912 by Daniel England to pump water from the low-lying Norfolk Broads, not a traditional flour-producing windmill. It was one of many such mills keeping the land dry and was the newest in the area when built. The mill operated until 1943, when it was struck by lightning, putting its sails out of action. The National Trust took ownership in 1948 and restored the windpump, which is now open to the public. The windpump has been restored, and its sails were even made to turn again in 2022 for the first time in nearly eighty years.

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