The 2025 weekend theme is Mills in Time, focusing on the way that mills past and present have been recorded in pictorial form. Everyone whether owner, volunteer, neighbour or visitor is encouraged to share and display images of participating mills. These can be recent photographs or artworks (including embroideries, collages, films or videos), or paintings or drawings and even old maps, postcards or posters (please credit the copyright owner and photographer where known).
| Year | Theme | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mills in Time | How mills past and present have been recorded in pictorial form |
| 2024 | Enjoy Your Mill - Get Involved | |
| 2023 | ||
| 2022 | ||
| 2021 | Online event due to ongoing Covid | |
| 2020 | Millwrighting - Past and Present | Changed to an online event due to Covid |
| 2019 | Our Mill - Its History in Pictures | |
| 2018 | Mills and Wildlife | |
| 2017 | Engineers and Engineering | |
| 2016 | Vintage Power | |
| 2015 | Mills in Art | |
| 2014 | Mills in Art | |
| 2013 | ||
| 2012 | ||
| 2011 | ||
| 2010 | ||
| 2009 | ||
| 2008 | ||
| 2007 | ||
| 2006 | Stone ground flour by natural power | 75th anniversary of SPAB's Mills Section |
| 2005 | ||
| 2004 | ||
| 2003 | ||
| 2002 | ||
| 2001 | A low key event due to Foot and Mouth restrictions | |
| 2000 | International Mills Weekend | Mills encouraged to twin with foreign mills |
| 1999 | Arts and Crafts | First year of being a whole weekend, not just a single day |
| 1998 (photos) | ||
| 1997 | ||
| 1996 | "Mills on the Air" started by Denby Dale Amateur Radio Club | |
| 1982 | The inaugural "National Mills Day" |
| Last updated 16/09/2025 | Text and images © Mark Berry, 1997-2025 - |