Planning permission has been approved to develop an education centre in Windmill Gardens, Lambeth.

Lambeth Council in conjunction with Friends of Windmill Gardens (FoWG) gave the go-ahead to build the Brixton Windmill education centre.

The centre, designed by Squire and Partners, who worked on the concept design for free, will provide classroom space for adults and children, offering a range of classes, from jam making to science and art lessons for school children.

Cllr Adrian Garden, ward councilor for Brixton Hill, said: "It's great news that Brixton Windmill is finally to get its education centre. This will complement the work it is already doing in the local community with its education programme to primary schools, its guided tours of the Mill, its spring and summer events and its festivals and processions."

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Work is expected to start in May, with the education centre expected to ve completed in the Autumn.

Jean Kerrigan, Chair of FoWG: "The Friends of Windmill Gardens are delighted that planning permission has been granted to build an education centre in Windmill Gardens. This will allow us to provide improved facilities to visitors and most importantly to provide an education building for schoolchildren that visit the 200-year old Brixton Windmill.

"Having an education building also allows us to increase our activities and support the flour production at Brixton Windmill as well as provide a space for use by the local community. Most importantly it allows the FOWG to continue to maintain its aim to educate both young and adult visitors about this wonderful heritage building in the centre of Brixton."

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