The 2026 weekend theme is Mills - Now & Then, celebrating the history of individual mills.
To celebrate Mills in 2026, the SPAB Mills section is producing a compilation of individual mills' histories and is asking for contributions. These will be published as a printed book, and will include mills the still exist in UK and Ireland. See National Mills Weekend for the Call for Submissions, and details of how to take park.
| Year | Theme | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mills – Now & Then | Individual mills' histories |
| 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 01/02/2026 | Text and images © Mark Berry, 1997-2026 - |