Latest Windmill News
December 2025
A massive thank you to all those who attended and supported the 2nd Deddington Wine Festival held at the Windmill on 8th November. What a night! Over 130 of you bought tickets to sample a selection of 30 wines from all over the world; including six wines from Ukraine – surely a first in Deddington! It was an extremely successful and enjoyable evening and we raised the best part of £15,000 for Driving Ukraine – the incredible Deddington-based organisation that continues to deliver much-needed vehicles and specialist medical equipment to frontline troops. The organisers are already thinking about the 3rd Deddington Wine Festival planned for autumn 2026. Who shall we raise money for next year? Any suggestions for deserving charities or organisations relevant to our community gratefully received. Just email me at the address below.
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Another sell-out event at the Windmill is The Deddington Community Christmas Lunch Club on Thursday 18th December. This time, tickets sold out in 36 hours! As I write, we are looking into ways of expanding capacity to accommodate everyone on the waiting list. What better way to ease your way into the festive season than by sitting down to a Gregg Brown Cook School yuletide special.
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And it’s not all about events for adults. A third event at the Windmill which is bound to sell out is the ever-popular village panto. Three nights of fun-filled silliness for all the family coming to you on 22nd, 23rd and 24th January. This year the Deddington Players are putting on The Little Mermaid so if there is one thing I am pretty certain of, water will be involved! Get your tickets now!
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Finally, don’t miss a new pre-Christmas event that is specifically for children. Ride on Time are organising a Christmas Tractor Run Special from 2:30pm on Saturday 13th December at the Windmill. Children will get the chance to decorate their toy tractor with lights – the best dressed tractor wins a prize – as a prelude so seeing the real thing later that evening. Uncontainable levels of excitement!
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As always, you can check our website www.thewindmilldeddington.org if you would like to know about events, classes or activities that are going on.
And if you’d like to book our facilities yourself for a party, a meeting or whatever, please contact Julie: enquiries@thewindmilldeddington.org or call 07720 834006.
On behalf of all of us on the Windmill management committee, I’d like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!
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Vaughan Jones