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Nightly Rooms From:
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Singles: GBP55
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Doubles: GBP80
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Twins: GBP64
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Address:
Mill Street
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
England
United Kingdom
YO11 1SZ
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Description:
Welcome to The Windmill Hotel in the centre of Scarborough. One of the most unique hotels in Scarborough offering quality accommodation, the windmill is over 220 years old. Angela and Roland have lovingly owned and run the Windmill for nearly 10 years. The Windmill is less than a 5 minute walk from the Station, the Stephen Joseph Theatre and the centre of town.
The hotel has a total of nine en-suite rooms and all the rooms are built in a traditional style and tastefully decorated. They all either have direct access onto the courtyard or are situated on the first floor verenda. Check out our rooms, flats and their prices.
We have two lovely apartments in the Windmill itself where you can stay on a bed and breakfast or self-catering basis. Additionally, we have a variety of rooms ranging from standard to deluxe King Size Four Poster.
Directions for the Hotel
The Windmill Hotel is idealy situated right in the centre of Scarborough minutes from all the amenities. To find us please use the following directions.
The road is not easy to see as a pavement passes over it so when entering Victoria road take it nice and easy. The windmill is at the end of Mill Street and is impossible to miss.
From the A64 Scarborough Road:
Follow the signs for North Bay. Go past the football ground and continue on this road passing through one set of traffic lights. At the next set of lights, a major junction with three way traffic lights turn right onto Falsgrave Road.
Go straight on and past the Sainsbury superstore on the left, going straight through the traffic lights at Sainsbury. You will need to be on the left as you will be taking the next left hand turn. The next turn left is Victoria Road and Mill Street is the third on the left hand side only about 50 yards from the turning and just before the tile and bathroom centre.
HISTORy
Windmills have been on the site of the Windmill Hotel for over 400 years. A windmill played a very important role in the English Civil War. When Scarborough was besieged during the civil war in 1645 a windmill was used by Parliament's General Sir John Meldrum as an artillery observation post.
The present structure of the Windmill Hotel dates originally from 1784 when Thomas Robinson was given the bayliffs authority to build a new mill. The sails worked until 1898 when a gas turbine replaced them. The windmill finally stopped grinding corn in 1927 and gradually fell into disrepair. Over the next 60 years the windmill had a variety of uses including storing seed and newspaper distribution.
1985 almost saw the end of the mill when a developer put in for planning permission to demolish it and turn it into flats.
Fortunately this was rejected and in 1988 Stephen Beecroft and Irene Mapplebeck bought the mill and turned it into a hotel. Tragically Stephen died shortly afterwards and the hotel was bought by Julie and Simon Boddy who developed the owners accommodation within the arches. Please note that the Windmill is now a Grade II Listed Building circa 1784.
The latest chapter in the Windmill’s history was its purchase by the windmill’s present owners Angela and Roland Thompson in 1997. They have, since purchasing the property, undertaken a range of improvements and refurbishments including the toy museum housing Roland's unique collection of contemporary toys. A visit to the Windmill is highly recommended as there is much more information and a series of articles and maps on the recent and not so recent past of the mill including many more fascinating photographs.
See The Windmill, Scarborough On A Map:
You can view The Windmill, Scarborough on the Google map - see right. The Windmill, Scarborough is located by the red marker in the centre of the map. Please feel free to print the map for your convenience when traveling to The Windmill, Scarborough.
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