Wee Critters at Ballycopeland Windmill

Wee Critters at Ballycopeland Windmill 

Location: Ballycopeland Windmill Visitor Centre (former café)

Time slots:

11am – 11.45am

12pm – 12.45pm

1.30pm – 2.15pm

2.30pm – 3.15pm.

Admissions are free of charge and are by pre-booking only by email: [email protected]

Ballycopeland Windmill is the only remaining working windmill in East Down. It was built in the late 18th or early 19th century and was worked until the First World War when it fell into disrepair. It was gradually restored between 1950 and 1978 to full working order.

The interpretation of Ballycopeland windmill celebrates the complex as a unique historical asset and brings to life the fascinating stories of those who lived and worked in this last functional windmill in Northern Ireland.

The interpretation consists of various panels across the site which explore the history of Ballycopeland, the functions of the windmill, the stories of the m