Ballycopeland Windmill

Visited on Weekend Wait time 3060 min Reservation recommended Not sure More
Apr 23rd, 2023

Visited on Weekend Wait time No wait Reservation recommended Not sure More
Apr 16th, 2023

Great cafe by the windmill, the welcome was warm and the cake was gorgeous. I'll certainly be popping in anytime I'm down this way again
Apr 6th, 2023

We had driven past this place a few times during its restoration and the building of the new facilities. I cant remember what email it was that prompted me, but I bought tickets to go to its Easter Trail. The first good thing was the price of the tickets, excellent value for money, almost all the other Easter activities are awfully overpriced. We were welcomed by Laura and Robert from USEL which is the organisation that runs the Ability Cafe, which is a social enterprise. The Easter trail was great fun, and Roberts storytelling was really good and animated. Then we did a self led trail which took quite a while and encompassed all the areas of the site. Once completed the kiddies got a chocolate egg each. The windmill is beautiful, and all the other little areas fascinating, and there was some crafting to do too. The cafe is fab, a good selection and really keenly priced. Chips available for unadventurous kids (like mine) and also sandwiches toasties and sausage rolls and tray bakes. We spent almost three hours here, and had a wonderful time. For those that dont enjoy crowded events this place is brilliant, and due to H&S reasons numbers are always limited. Now, if you want dancing bears and loud music this is not the place for you. Its very much what you make of it, we home ed so the kids saw and learned new things, and also ran about and played in the open spaces, so it was a win win. To get into the Windmill proper you have to book a guided tour, but for a family of 4 its only 15! I couldnt recommend Ballycopeland Windmill highly enough, we will be back soon for a tour, and another run about!
Apr 6th, 2023

Staff very friendly, extremely dissappointed and underwhelmed that it's not dog friendly, one very sweet and well behavioured sad dog not allowed in. Step it up council, plenty of places allow dogs in. Won't be back.
Dec 29th, 2022