Woodbridge Tide Mill

Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum is a Grade I listed building and a rare example of a tide mill whose waterwheel still turns. It still produces and sells stoneground wholemeal flour. A tide mill has stood here, on the banks of the River Deben, for over 856 years, with the earliest record of a tide mill on this site in 1170. Much restoration work has brought it back into use as a popular, interactive museum with exhibits on the environment, history, engineering and food production that bring the mill to life. Student and other group visits are encouraged to this unique piece of our national heritage. For its size, it’s one of the most visited and interesting attractions on the Suffolk Coast.

Educators visit frequently for it’s themes of History, Engineering, Food production, Renewable Energy and Nature. Visitors can see the historic waterwheel in action at times published on www.woodbridgetidemill.org.uk where milling demonstrations are also advertised.

The Mill is closed from November to March each year.

2026 Events
We are planning an Equinox Festival celebrating the Moon and Tides on 25-27 September 2026.