Herne Mill

Today! ☀️

Who’s going along?

A huge thank you to all our visitors today, what a wonderful afternoon (even with the rain!)

With special thanks to:
- Local farmer Ken Goldsmith, for kindly donating some Graham Wheat grain 🌾
- The Saxon Shore Ukulele Gang, for their fantastic live music 🎶

It was amazing to have our mill stones turning and grinding grain into flour after such a long time - we hope you agree it was a great afternoon 😊

THIS AFTERNOON!
Music & Motion at Herne Mill 🎶☀️

Join us from 2pm until 4pm where we are going to operate a set of our Mill Stones, driven by electric motor, to grind some Graham Wheat grain. (Kindly donated by local farmer, Ken Goldsmith)!

To the best of our knowledge this is the first time in over 80 years that these stones have turned and ground grain into flour - a very exciting event indeed!
Free samples will be given out on the day too 😃

We will also be joined by the Saxon Shore Ukulele Gang, who will be providing the music to this event.

There will be refreshments, cakes and tombola.

Who will be joining us? ☀️

We have all been waiting for an update since the consultation closed where KCC are looking to sell off the windmills they own (thank you all again for your support 🥰).

The Consultation Report is now available on the consultation webpage: www.kent.gov.uk/windmillsconsultation.

This report will be presented to Members of the Environment and Transport Cabinet Committee on Tuesday 9 July. Following this meeting a decision is expected to be taken by the Cabinet Member for Environment.

As soon as we see any further updates we will let you all know 🤞🏻

Who’s coming along this Sunday to see our mill stones turning? For the first time in over 80 years we believe!

An event not to be missed with music by the Saxon Shore Ukulele Gang, refreshments, cakes and tombola ☀️🎶

We look forward to seeing you from 2pm until 4pm.
We’re keeping our fingers crossed for a dry and sunny afternoon 🤞🏻☀️

We hear the weather may be getting nicer this week, starting today ☀️
Ready to welcome you all (along with the sun), is Herne Mill!
Come visit us between 2pm and 5pm, last admissions at 4:30pm.

£2 entry per person - Free for children under 16 and Friends of Herne Mill.
Cash only.

We look forward to seeing you this afternoon! ☀️

Herne Mill will be open today! ☀️
Come visit from 2pm until 5pm, last admissions at 4:30pm.

You may also be stopping by the windmill before we open searching for a clue as the treasure hunt starts from 11 . . . We are stop 6 on the map!
Let us know how you get on 🔎

OPEN TODAY!
2pm - 5pm (last admissions 4:30pm)

£2 entry - FREE for under 16s and Friends of Herne Mill.

Cash only, donations welcome ☀️

If you’re not yet a Friend of Herne Mill, ask our lovely volunteers on your visit.

We look forward to seeing you this afternoon!

Is Herne Mill open this weekend at all you ask? . . YES - this Sunday from 2pm until 5pm, with last admissions at 4:30pm.

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow☀️

Wow! What an incredible Easter weekend and start to our open season! 🐇🌸🐥🌼

Thank you so much to all our visitors, it certainly was busy - just how we like it!

We hope you all had a wonderful time at Herne Mill and hope to see you again soon 😊☀️

OPEN TODAY! 🌸
2pm - 5pm (last admissions 4:30pm)

This is not an April Fool - we will be open! 😃
Come visit Herne Mill today 🐇

£2 entry - FREE for under 16s and Friends of Herne Mill.

Cash only, donations welcome ☀️

If you’re not yet a Friend of Herne Mill, ask our lovely volunteers on your visit.

We look forward to seeing you this afternoon! 🐇🌸

We found an earring after closing up the mill this afternoon . . .
Let us know if you’re missing one! ☀️

Thank you so much to all our visitors for our first open day of 2024!
What a wonderful afternoon 🐇🌸🐥

We hope you enjoyed your visit to Herne Mill ☀️

OPEN TODAY! 🌸
2pm - 5pm (last admissions 4:30pm)

Come visit Herne Mill this Easter for a tour of the Mill and a small Easter Egg Hunt 🐇

£2 entry - FREE for under 16s and Friends of Herne Mill.

Cash only, donations welcome ☀️

If you’re not yet a Friend of Herne Mill, ask our lovely volunteers on your visit.

We look forward to seeing you this afternoon! 🐇🌸

Come visit Herne Mill this Easter for a tour of the Mill and a small Easter Egg Hunt 🐇

Sunday 31st March and Monday 1st April 🌸

Open from 2pm until 5pm, with last admissions at 4:30pm.
£2 entry - FREE for under 16s and Friends of Herne Mill.

Cash only, donations welcome ☀️

We look forward to seeing you this Easter Weekend! 🐇🌸

Who will be coming to visit Herne Mill this Easter? 🐇🌸🐥

We are pleased to announce our first Open Days of 2024!

🌸 Sunday 31st March and Monday 1st April 🌸

Come visit Herne Mill this Easter for a tour of the Mill and a small Easter Egg Hunt 🐇

Open from 2pm until 5pm, with last admissions at 4:30pm.
£2 entry - FREE for under 16s and Friends of Herne Mill.

Cash only, donations welcome ☀️

If you’re not yet a Friend of Herne Mill, ask our lovely volunteers on your visit.

We look forward to seeing you this Easter Weekend! 🐇🌸

Some of our volunteers were running the charity car park at Whitstable Junior School today.

We hope everyone is having a great weekend & thank you for all the kind donations today from the visitors using the school car park 💖

As we start thinking about plans for this years open season, we want to know . . .
What is your favourite event at Herne Mill?

Easter? Teddy Bear Zip Wire? Halloween?
Anything else you think would be amazing at Herne Mill?

Let us know what you think 😊

🏛 Herne Mill listed as asset of community value (ACV) by city council

Steps to preserve the future of Herne Mill have been taken by senior officers at Canterbury City Council and the Friends of Herne Mill group, whose members nominated it as an ACV.

The move to protect the Grade I listed windmill comes after owners Kent County Council closed a consultation at the end of January to decide the fate of eight windmills across the county.

Nominating an asset as an ACV is a way of community groups protecting assets from being sold.

If the owner decides to sell, they have to notify Canterbury City Council and it will notify local organisations.

If a community interest group or a charity puts in an expression of interest, the sale has to pause for six months, to give them time to raise the money to acquire the asset.

Herne Mill, which is used for community events, educational visits and as a polling station, was listed as an ACV on 18 December and its plight was raised at Full Council on 4 January.

Cllr Robert Jones asked Cllr Charlotte Cornell, Cabinet Member for Heritage, Open Space, Waste and Recycling, if the council’s heritage experts could work with the Friends of Herne Mill group to ensure it keeps and maintains an important heritage asset.

💬 In the meeting, Cllr Cornell replied: “I would give full support to a community group that wishes to preserve the mill, a key part of our economic heritage, a key learning resource and geographical marker.”

Cllr Cornell joined Cllr Joe Howes at the mill to meet the Friends group on Wednesday 31 January.

💬 Canterbury City Council’s response to KCC’s consultation said: “KCC…[has] a duty to protect windmills’ historic fabric and machinery, and ensure they are safe.

💬 “Canterbury City Council emphasises the importance of these windmill sites remaining accessible to the local community/wider public as important historical and educational structures, particularly where these have a longstanding track record of performing such roles.”

📖 Head to the link in the comments to read the full story.

Listen out for our interview to talk all things Herne Mill and the Kent County Council Consultation on Cabin FM tomorrow morning between 10:30am and 10:45am 😊

Thank you for having us Cabin FM!

HERNE MILL NEEDS YOU

The KCC consultation closes on the 29th January!
Thank you so much for the overwhelming support shown so far and all those who attended our meetings at the Herne Centre this week ❤️

If you are yet to complete your response, we have added a button that takes you directly to the questionnaire on our website 🙏

https://www.hernewindmill.co.uk/

Herne Mill needs YOU ❤️

SAVE OUR MILLS ❤️

Kent County Council is looking to sell off the 8 windmills it owns in Kent.
In order to do this, they need to change the
Heritage Conservation Strategy (adopted in 2022).
They have launched a consultation & we need as many residents to respond as possible.
The windmills are our heritage - it is extremely important that they remain accessible to the public as a historical & educational structure.

Please respond & encourage others to do so.
The consultation is now live:
www.kent.gov.uk/windmillsconsultation

If you require a hard copy please email [email protected] (External link) or call 03000 42 15 53 (text relay service number: 18001 03000 42 15 53). This number goes to an answering machine, which is monitored during office hours.
Also available as a word document which can be emailed; contact [email protected]

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We will remember them ❤️

Have you heard that Kent County Council are discussing consulting on changing the Heritage Conservation Strategy?
This will allow them to sell off the 8 mills KCC own in Kent, including Herne Mill.
We shall be writing to them and if you are opposed to this happening too, please contact the chair and vice chair of the committee, contact details below in the comments.
The meeting is on 15th November so time is of the essence!

What are your thoughts on this?

We are a bit later than planned, but pleased to announce our Halloween photo competition winner . . .

Holly Louise 🎃👻

Congratulations!
Please direct message us so we can arrange getting the Spooktacular bundle to you! 🎉

Thank you to all our Halloween visitors for their wonderful photo submissions to win this spooktacular bundle!
We are extending until the end of today so submit your spooky photo from your visit at Herne Mill!

Tag Herne Mill and in your posts and photos!

We shall announce a winner tomorrow 🎃👻

A huge thank you to all of our spooky visitors Tuesday evening! We loved welcoming you to Halloween at Herne Mill 🎃👻

We hope you enjoyed it and don’t forget we have a spooktacular bundle to give away, courtesy of Wahl UK 👻

To be in with the chance of winning, submit a spooky photo from your visit at Herne Mill!

Tag Herne Mill and in your posts and photos!

Submit your photos by Friday 3rd November 🎃

It’s Halloween Eve, and we have a spooktacular bundle to give away, courtesy of Wahl UK 🎃

To be in with the chance of winning, we would like you to submit a spooky photo from your visit at Herne Mill tomorrow evening!
We will then select our top 3 and put them out for a public vote to decide a winner! 👻

Are you visiting Halloween at Herne Mill 2023? 👻

Tag Herne Mill and in your posts and photos!

Submit your photos by Friday 3rd November 🎃