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The Rayleigh Windmill Museum was built in about 1809 and is a Grade II listed building. The first floor of the Windmill houses an Accredited Museum, particular emphasis is placed on the collection of photos, archives, wartime, domestic, farming a...
Picturesque watermill. The mill was originally built as a fishing lodge in 1591 and features stepped 'Dutch' gables. It was converted in the 19th century to a mill for fulling (a process in cloth manufacture) and later flour milling. The waterwheel i...
Thorrington Tide Mill is a picturesque, medium-sized, timber-framed, tide-driven watermill, dated 1831, in the ownwership of Essex County Council. This has a breast-shot waterwheel and 3 pairs of millstones. It is one of only a handful of tide mil...
Stock Tower Mill is a good example, in working order, of the millwright's craft of the 1890's, although originally built about 1816. Evidence can be seen of the original layout, which included a stage for setting and winding the sails....
The Millennium Centre is a visitor and education centre, which is open to the public throughout the year. It acts as a focal point for visitors, with information about the Eastbrookend Country Park and The Chase Local Nature Reserve....
The Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey is an important heritage site with a remarkable true story. The charity which runs the attraction is committed to conserving and sharing the fascinating 300 year history with future generations. This ver...
Bocking Windmill is a post mill with a 2-storey roundhouse, built in 1721 and moved to its present site in 1829. It ceased working at the outbreak of the First World War and was renovated externally in the 1980s and internally in the 1990s. Most m...
Finchingfield Windmill is a small, simple, mid-18th century feudal or estate-type postmill with a wooden wind shaft and 1 pair of stones....
Mountnessing Windmill is a traditional post mill built in 1807 is a Grade II listed building and has been restored to its original working condition. The mill, although no longer in use, is preserved and owned by Essex County Council and is open t...
Aythorpe Roding Windmill was built before 1770 and worked until 1936. It has been restored to working order by Essex County Council and ground corn in 1982. There is evidence that the mill was comprehensively modernised late in the 19thC....
The Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill has been part of Stansted’s skyline since 1787, and was donated to the people of Stansted in 1935. It’s sails are still regularly turned. Windmills harnessed the power of the wind to grind wheat and other gr...
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