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This fully restored, 18th century, water-powered corn mill, adjacent to the Museum, is in regular use grinding corn in the traditional way.You can also enjoy a cream tea in the riverside garden on summer Sundays and just relax....
Mill Green Museum is a local history museum for the Welwyn Hatfield District is based in the Mill House, dating back to the 16th century, formerly the home for generations of millers and their families. At Mill Green Museum you can also enjoy a cr...
Charming vernacular buildings with mill and forge restored to working order . The Old Bakery is a stone-built and partially rendered building beneath thatch, which at the time of its closure as a business in 1987 was the last traditional working bake...
Extensive and beautiful area of upland heath. This popular area, with excellent facilities for all, includes part of the great ridge, the Long Mynd, with stunning views across the Shropshire and Cheshire plains and Black Mountains. This is excellent ...
Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate in Wilmslow, Cheshire is of one of Britain's greatest industrial heritage sites, including complete working cotton mill. Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate once belonged to the wealthy Greg family who founded the Mill...
Neolithic remains of three concentric rings of ditches, enclosing an area of almost 5,000 square metres (21 acres)....
The classic Neolithic 'causewayed enclosure', with three concentric but intermittent ditches. Large quantities of animal bones found here indicate feasting, animal trading or rituals here, or perhaps all three....
Sharnbrook Mill Theatre Trust is a friendly society that operates out of its very own 200-seat theatre on the banks of the River Ouse and has just celebrated 30 years of shows at the Mill. The venue is converted from an old water flour mill. They...
For a fun day out for all of the family visit Windmill Animal farm, near Burscough. Set in acres of rolling green countryside around a renovated windmill, the working farm is home to a number of different animals combined with various attractions to ...
Bank Mill Nurseries and Visitor Centre is situated in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and adjacent to a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The beautiful Solway Coastline is just 200 metres away. Whether you come for a tour of the Bu...
This is a working museum open to the public with free entry most Saturdays throughout the year from 11-3pm, and with the engine in steam on many Sundays from March through to early December. Check the link to Steaming days for the full list....
Stunningly picturesque Mill - the present buildings being from the 18th century, though there has been a Mill on this site since the 16th century. The Mill was used commercially until 1959 and visitors can still experience the working machinery on a ...
Mill Dene is a romantic story of a young couple falling in love with each other and a beautiful Cotswold stone water mill. Knowing nothing about gardening the Dares set about creating one of the most interesting gardens in the Cotswolds. It is per...
This is an ideal place for birds throughout the year. In summer, you'll see large numbers of breeding wildfowl, including pintails, redshanks and wigeons, while in the winter migrating whooper swans and other birds visit.
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Queen Street Mill Textile is the only steam powered textile mill in Europe....
Skidby Windmill is Yorkshire`s final working windmill....
The Watermill Theatre is in Newbury, Berkshire. "This small and idyllic venue is one of Britain's major theatrical players." Daily Telegraph The Watermill Theatre produces quality work that attracts high calibre artists and creative teams earning it ...
The Old Mill Herbary in Bodmin, Cornwall is set in an idyllic valley, with about 3 acres of semi-wild terraced gardens on a steep south facing bank. There are mature natural woodland walks with several islands and bridges alongside the unspoilt River...
Darley Mill is a unique 17th Century corn mill on the banks of the River Nidd in Nidderdale - an area of outstanding natural beauty. The miller's cottage and walled garden were added in 1761 and the mill was powered by a large locally manufactured ir...
Low Mill Outdoor Centre, a converted water mill, is beautifully situated on the edge of the village of Askrigg, Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It was opened in 1976 to run activity courses for groups of young people of all ages and...
The Windmill on Wimbledon Common has been a distinctive landmark since it was built in 1817 to serve the local community. However it only operated until 1864, when the machinery was removed and it was converted to residential accommodation.
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Mill Trail Visitor Centre has stunning views of the Ochil Hills and is set in beautiful surroundings. Mill Trail Visitor Centre has a Coffee Shop, Craft gifts, a Tourist Information Centre and children's play area. A free exhibition and audio-...
The Mill on the Fleet was built in 1788 as a cotton spinning mill and restored as a visitor centre by Dumfries and Galloway Council in the 1980s.
As of 2008 it is also the new Gatehouse Tourist Information Centre, run in partnership with Visit Sco...
The Silk Mill Museum is on the site of the world's oldest factories, the Silk Mills built by George Sorocold in 1702 and 1717. The foundations and parts of the tower from the 1717 mill are still visible.
The displays tell the story of the industri...
A Victorian, Grade II working, water turbine-powered roller flour mill. Four floors of fascinating original machinery. Displays and exhibition show the 1890's revolution from coarse grindstones to the precision roller mills of today. Great educationa...
You can tour around the displays and equipment that shows the importance of cider as a drink over the years.
Watch the ten minute video display that shows cider actually being made on the 18th and 19th century equipment!
Find the hidden Smiley ...
This modern gallery in Wimborne features 8 exhibitions a year and presents unique and contemporary work by local, national and international craft workers.
There are workshops and educational programmes which offer opportunities to learn new skill...
The Park was presented to Leicestershire County Council in 1970 and is a 55-hectare mixed arable and stock farm. It has a 2.4km (1.5 mile) farm trail and information boards explaining the working of the farm. The trail is interlinked with a network o...
Green's Windmill in Sneinton was built by the father of notable scientist and mathematician George Green in 1807. Today the working Mill is a popular museum and science centre, which teaches new generations of children about the valuable work of Geor...
Worsbrough Mill is a 17th century working water powered corn mill, set in over 200 acres of country park. It has a designated Local Nature Reserve with fishing, walking and cycling being just a few of the activities to take part in.
During your vi...
First laid out in 1831 as informal riverside walks, the original Newbold Gardens were developed as more formal pleasure grounds after 1846 in honour of Dr Henry Jephson, who had promoted the town as a spa. The Jephson Gardens gained renown for their ...
Feel the force of nature and life see life as we used to live!
Enjoy a visit to this unique riverside museum and see the force of nature in action. Take a tour with one of our knowledgeable guides to see what life was like living in this stunning ...
Forge Mill Needle Museum in Redditch is an unusual and fascinating place to visit. This historic site illustrates the rich heritage of the needle and fishing tackle industries. Models and recreated scenes provide a vivid illustration of how needles w...
The Knapp and Papermill is a very pretty nature reserve with some marked trails leading through and around the valley and woods, and alongside the stream. The 70 odd acres contains a wide range of habitats including the river, grassland, woodland, ma...
The Wild Flower Gardens theme is to make everything as natural as possible. In spring there are displays of narcissi, primulas, camellias, rhododendrons, azaleas with bluebells covering the woods. In summer the garden abounds with roses, there is a r...
The Old Corn Mill, an oasis in the corner of Hele Village.
Unique in North Devon, is a 16th Century Watermill with an 18ft. Overshot wheel. This magnificent restoration from dereliction contains a wealth of information and interesting machinery. <...
Woods Mill is the headquarters of Sussex Wildlife Trust and an environmental education centre. The nature reserve provides a peaceful setting, comprising coppice woodland, meadows and a reed-fringed lake....
Nestling at the tip of the Lincolnshire Wolds in a picture postcard setting is Claythorpe Watermill & Wildfowl Gardens, truly a little piece of paradise which, once discovered, you'll want to return to time and time again.
Open daily from Easter u...
The Old Mill at Lower Slaughter, Owned by Gerald Harris, a well Known Jazz Singer, is undergoing an ambitious restoration scheme which will continue into the millenium. At present the business is thriving as a museum gift and craft shop with riversid...
The parish of Pakenham is unique in Britain in having both a working watermill and a working windmill. Pakenham Windmill The 18th century watermill, the last working watermill in Suffolk and now owned by the Suffolk Building Preservation Trust...
Flatford Mill is on the River Stour close to the Suffolk-Essex border. The Centre buildings, particularly the Mill and Willy Lott's House, are instantly recognisable since they feature in many paintings by John Constable. Only an hour from London and...
Built in 1803, Thorpeness Windmill was originally a corn mill at the nearby village of Aldringham. It was purchased and moved to its present site in 1923, where it was converted to pump water by sail power. Thirty years ago it was restored and purcha...
Buttrum's Mill is one of England's finest tower windmills. Built in 1836, it was probably a wedding present to its first owner, Pierce Trott, who married in the same year. The mill is a product of the famous Suffolk millwright John Whitmore. Visitor...
The Cambrian Woollen Mill is on the outskirts of the smallest town in Britain, Llanwrtyd Wells in Powys Mid Wales, the smallest town in Britain. The mill lies beside the River Irfon on the edge of the Eppynt and Cambrian Mountains, with the Brecon Be...
Carew Castle and Tidal Mill The magnificent Carew Castle has a history spanning 2,000 years. Set in a stunning location, overlooking a 23-acre millpond, the castle displays the development from a Norman fortification to an Elizabethan country house. ...
Blackpool Mill Museum is a 19th Century water mill on the banks of the Eastern Cleddau River. It retains many original features and associated tools are on display. There are Local crafts and gifts available and the cafe serves meals / snacks....
Award winning Abbey Mill is a well-established independent family business and has been trading in Tintern village for the past 70 years. Set amidst breathtaking scenery in the heart of the Wye Valley and situated on the banks of the River Wye in the...
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...
White Mill Rural Heritage Centre is a restored Smock Mill built in 1760 with original wooden machinery, a millers cottage with domestic displays, a granary, forge, wheelwright workshop, cobblers shop, farming tools and a cowshed. The Engine House,...
Cotehele Mill in St Dominick, Cornwall is a restored working watermill and agricultural workshops. Tucked away in dense woodland, the mill is a fine reminder of the recent past when corn was ground here for the local community. Flour is produced regu...
Water-powered grain mill in working order. Believed to date from the early 19th century, the mill is in an idyllic setting by the River Clyst....
A coastal village with a small, pretty beach and a charming 19th-century mill, which is now a tea-room. With beautiful views, excellent rock pooling and a great starting point for coastal and inland walks, Wembury, near the Yealm estuary, is a popula...
The last remaining thatched windmill in England. Dating from 1822 and in use until 1910, the mill is prominently situated overlooking the Somerset Levels....
Corn mill in a peaceful setting. Rebuilt in 1776 on a site marked in the Domesday Book, this substantial corn mill was extensively repaired in 1994 and still retains its original elm and applewood machinery (now too fragile to be used). It is situate...
Working watermill. Spanning the River Itchen, this water-powered corn mill was first recorded in the Domesday survey of 1086. Rebuilt in 1744, it remained in use until the turn of the last century and has now been restored to full working order. The ...
18th-century watermill with well-preserved machinery. This large timber-framed mill on the River Tillingbourne was given in 1932 by a group of anonymous NT benefactors calling themselves 'Ferguson's Gang'....
Jacobean-style country house with collection of treasures, set in fine formal and informal gardens. The house, dating from 1600 and built on the site of a 12th-century Augustinian priory, houses a unique collection representing the tastes of one man,...
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...
Large 18th-century timber-built watermill. The five-storey weatherboarded mill is set on an island in the Great Ouse and has intact machinery which is still operational. Milling takes place on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays, with the flour for sale...
Impressive fully-functioning water-powered flour mill. With newly reconstructed 1849-50 machinery, the mill is still in full working order and gives a vivid evocation of the workplace of a 19th-century miller. Flour is ground regularly and for sale t...
Nether Alderley Mill in Macclesfield,
Cheshire, is a 15th-century mill beside a tranquil mill pool. With its heavy oak framework, low beams and floors connected by wooden ladders, set beneath an enormous sloping stone roof, this charmingly rustic ...
This corn mill, whose whole body revolves on its base, was one of many built in Suffolk from the late 13th century. Though milling ceased in 1947, it is still in working order. Climb the wooden stairs to the various floors, which are full of fascinat...
A rare one-man-operated 18th-century water mill in part working order. Nearby there are attractive gardens and woodland walks, a stone weir and the significant Aymestrey Limestone Quarry. Special day and evening guided tours for groups are available ...
This extensive working mill was begun in 1835 to produce the wooden bobbins vital to the Lancashire spinning and weaving industries. Although small compared to other mills, some 250 men and boys (some drafted in from workhouses) worked here in often ...
The museum comprises an elegant three-storey Georgian villa housing six rooms of exhibits covering Hugh Miller's life and work, and the thatched 18th century cottage next door where he was born
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The Glenn Miller Museum is at Twinwood Control Tower on the historic RAF Twinwood Airfield in Clapham and this is where the legendary WWII bandleader disappeared from during WWII. Twinwood Arena holds various outdoor music festivals throughout th...
Set on the River Great Ouse, Bromham Mill is a 17th century restored Watermill. Flour milling and baking take place regularly, along with lots of other craft and countryside activities. Two galleries show contemporary art and craftwork including ...
The Forest Centre and Millennium Country Park is a great place for adults and children alike. Just minutes from Junction 13 of the M1, the park covers 250 hectares (over 600 acres) with lakes, wetlands, meadows and new woodlands. There are 8km of s...
The Paradise Mill and the Macclesfield Silk Museum Heritage Centre are within a few minutes walk of each other and complement each other. It is therefore recommended that you visit both. Macclesfield can be fairly said to be the "silk town" of the Un...
Sarehole Mill was built in 1765 on the site of Biddle's Mill, which dated back to 1540. For most of Sarehole's working life it was used to grind corn, but in the industrial revolution it was used for blade grinding and metal rolling as well. The Mill...
Stanley Mills is one the best-preserved relics of the 18th-century Industrial Revolution. It was established as a cotton mill by local merchants, with support from the English cotton baron Richard Arkwright. Textiles were produced here for 200 years....
The old mill by the stream Beside the Pow Burn in the pretty village of New Abbey stands a three-storey whitewashed mill building. It was built around the end of the 18th century by the Stewarts of nearby Shambellie House. But the site probabl...
Enjoy the splash of the waterwheel and the sound and smell of grinding corn in this picturesque 19th-century working mill. Milling demonstrations normally take place on Sundays. There is an exhibition on the historical role of the mill and a delig...
Click Mill is the last surviving horizontal water mill in Orkney, of a type well represented in Shetland and Lewis. Click Mill is in working order....
Tormiston Mill is an excellent late example of a Scottish watermill. Tormiston Mill was probably built in the 1880s. The waterwheel and most of the machinery have been retained. Now forms a reception centre for visitors to Maeshowe....
Characteristic of the Cumbrian rural landscape, this imposing watermill and site has been part of the local traditions for over 400 years. Located close to the ruins of Gleaston Castle, the present building dates from 1774, with the impressive wooden...
Farfield Mill houses intriguing heritage exhibits, an eclectic mix of unique hand-crafted items made by resident and local artists for sale and high-quality exhibitions that are continually changing....
RAF Millom museum is based upon the RAF Officers Mess set in 25,000 square feet. We have over 30,000 exhibits, Weaponry and Military Vechiles among much more. A great day out for the whole family....
Nestling side by side in the quiet village of Helmshore in the stunning Rossendale Valley are two original Lancashire textile mills: Higher Mill and Whitaker's Mill together known as Helmshore Mills Textile Museum. Here you can trace how cloth produc...
Fully restored water-driven corn mill and Grade II Listed building. One of the most complete mills in the country with 4 floors of original machinery. The mill has an 18ft diameter waterwheel, 3 pairs of millstones, grain cleaner, flour dresser and 2...
The House Mill is a grade 1 listed 18th century tidal mill set in a beautiful riverside location in the heart of London’s East End. This remarkable building is believed to be the largest tidal mill still in existence in the world. Originally built ...
The Quendale Water Mill and its surrounding areas have marvellous scenery, thousands of years of history and great beauty for you to appreciate. Only once you have visited the area will you truly understand the untouched beaches, mythical stories and...
Path Head Water Mill offers a great day out for all the family and also schools who can benefit from cheap entry to the mill and the wealth of information and experiences which provide a key link-in with the current National Curriculum. Come along...
Heron Corn Mill on the banks of the river Bela in Beetham; South Cumbria, is one of the few working mills in the area, and has been a base for local industry powered by renewable energy for over 900 years. A fascinating visitor attraction, the fourte...
Set on the leafy banks of Whillan Beck, which cascades down from the flanks of Scafell, Eskdale Mill still boasts its historic working machinery. eskdale Mill is one of the oldest water powered corn mills in England, and is now the last remaining wor...
Strutt's North Mill, Belper is a museum and visitor centre housed in Belper North Mill. The Museum was founded in 1996 with the aim of preserving the local heritage of cotton spinning and other local industries. The collection comprises of mach...
New Mills Heritage and Information Centre is the perfect starting point for information on the area.
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Sir Richard Arkwright's 1783 showpiece Masson Mills on the River Derwent at Matlock Bath are the finest and best preserved example of an Arkwright cotton mill. The Masson Mill pattern of design was influential in nascent British and American cotton m...
Place Mill is a carefully restored Anglo-Saxon watermill situated only a few minutes' walk from the town centre. Place Mill was mentioned in the Domesday Book and survived the dissolution of the monasteries of 1538 and continued to grind corn until 1...
Newark Millgate Museum is now closed to visitors as we have been awarded £3.5 million of Heritage Lottery Funding to develop a new museum and national civil war centre at the Old Magnus Buildings on Appletongate Newark. The museum staff are at ou...
A Grade II* Listed Building, Combe Mill Museum is the original 'power house' of the old Blenheim Palace Estate timber mill and workshops. This working industrial museum offers visitors a fascinating insight into work that went on behind the scenes o...
Daniels Mill and it's impressive waterwheel have been carefully restored to it's former glory.
The watermill is virtually unaltered since the 18th Century and still in the ownership of the same family for over 250 years.
Daniels Mill is a fully...
Brindley's Mill at Leek is a restored water-powered corn mill attributed as the work of James Brindley, the celebrated engineer, who live from 1716 to 1772. The mill houses a small museum dedicated to Brindley's life and achievements. A dedicated tea...
Green's Windmill is a unique working windmill that was home to the 19th century mathematical miller, George Green Includes a hands-on Science Centre, Outdoor play area, Action Station and under 5s Discovery Zone along with a special events programme ...
The mill was probably built in the eighteenth century, but on the site of earlier mills. A mill at Hampton Lucy is even mentioned in the Doomsday Book (compiled 1086). It was then valued at 6s.8d.
Little is known of the mills and their millers ov...
Barnfield Winery and Cider Mill is set in the heart of the Cotswold's, England UK. We are a family run business producing a range of fruit wines and ciders. An old Paris wine press dating back to the 1920's is still in operation today, and is used in...
We took over Otterton Mill in April 2008, having returned to our home county of Devon in the previous year. We had fallen in love with the Mill and feel privileged to have the opportunity of running such a special place. For us, the Mill represents a...
Welcome to Coldharbour Mill, a 200 year old spinning mill set in the tranquil Devon village of Uffculme. Built by Thomas Fox to spin woollen and later worsted yarns in 1799, Coldharbour Mill is a rare example of surviving Georgian architecture, indus...
At Woodbridge Tide Mill, man has worked for over 800 years harnessing the totally reliable and predictable green energy from the tides to drive a mill producing flour and animal feed. This was the last commercially working tide mill in the UK and it ...
The west end of the Mill is considered to be 16th Century and the centre is much older. In 1796 the bridge was rebuilt, and soon afterwards part of the house was rebuilt and the open water wheel covered in, major reconstructions took place to the fab...
Unlike most other museums, the Sammy Miller Museum is more than a static collection, to be dusted and polished at regular intervals and displayed like butterflies with pins through them. This is a live museum, for whenever the opportunity presents it...
Steeped in history and tradition, Rock Mill nestles in the heart of West Wales. On the very borders of Ceredigion & Carmarthenshire. This picturesque Nineteenth Century stone mill was built by the present owners great grandfather, John Morgan. Pe...
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...
Chillenden Mill is a distinctive local landmark, standing on an exposed site at Goodnestone, Dover. It is a Grade II listed building. There have been windmills on this site since the 1300s. In 1868, an open-trestle post windmill was built to ...
Owned, operated and maintained by Crabble Corn Mill Trust, the mill was rescued from demolition and opened to the public in 1990. It can now boast to be one of the most complete and working examples of a Georgian watermill in Europe. The current s...
Centre of the nation's explosive’s industry for 400 years, the 18th century Chart Gunpowder Mills are the oldest of their kind in the world, powder from which was used at the battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo. Chart Mills were part of the Home ...
Maidstone Millennium River Park is situated along the banks of the River Medway between Teston and Allington. The park is unique in its rural character at both ends and its urban ambience as it passes through the Town Centre. This River Park is o...
Drapers Mill is a smock windmill, that was built in a completely rural setting, which is now part of Margate. It is a Grade II listed property with tarred weatherboarding on an octagonal brick base. It was constructed in 1845 by the Canterbur...
Stocks Mill, near Wittersham, is the tallest of the county's remaining post mills. It takes its name from the surrounding area, called 'The Stocks' on mid-19th century maps. It is a Grade II listed building with a roundhouse of tarred brick under...
Pitstone Windmill is an example of the earliest form of windmill. Enjoy the remarkable experience of visiting one of the oldest surviving windmills in Pitstone Windmill in Britain. Pitstone windmill ground flour for the village for almost three...
Berney Arms Windmill is one of Norfolk's best and largest extant marsh mills, built to grind a constituent of cement and, in use until 1951, finally pumping water to drain surrounding marshland....
Built in 1877, this restored six-storey mill with complete gear, sails and fantail still works today. The award-winning tearoom sells produce made from the mill's organic, stone-ground flour....
Constructed around a central post so that it can be turned to face into the wind, this impressive postmill was built in the 18th century and is the only complete windmill left in the county. Restored 200 year old postmill overlooking Stevington Villa...
Visit this restored 'tower' mill and see and hear the machinery turning. Its wooden machinery, a direct copy of the original, is in full working order. Visitor facilities are provided in the 17th century barn. The granary, rescued from elsewhere in H...
The Cromer Windmill dated approx 1720 is a renovated and usual site and is the only post mill left in Hertfordshire....
Quainton Windmill in Quainton Buckinghamshire is an 1830's tall mill and is the tallest in Buckinghamshire, standing 73ft to the top Dome....
The Bircham Windmill is one of the finest windmills left in the country and is open to the public, who can view the windmill and its five floors....
Fulwell Windmill started to appear on the Sunderland skyline in 1806 and became the familiar landmark we know today when opened in 1808. Built for Joseph Swan out of magnesian limestone from the adjacent quarry, it retained its links with the Swan fa...
Visitors are taken on a guided tour around the mill. Visits take approximately one hour.
If there is enough wind the mill sails will be turning.
Please note that access to the upper parts of the mill is via steep stairs, although there is easy ...
Wymondham Windmill is a countryside tourist attraction for all the family. It offers a historic windmill, gift shops and tearooms serving homemade cakes and cream teas, and picturesque woodland of British native trees.
Built from local ironstone a...
The windmill was built in 1813 and, though it has been repaired since then and parts rebuilt, the present-day structure looks very much the same as it always has. It was constructed by and for a group of farmers in the parishes of Fenton, North Lever...
This unique 18th century flour mill stands on the 'Isle of Wedmore', a ridge giving commanding views of Cheddar Gorge, the Somerset Levels and Brent Knoll. A windmill is mentioned on this site as far back as 1317. Although it last worked in 1927, the...
Chesterton Windmill is a famous feature of the Warwickshire landscape and can be seen from several miles away. It stands on a hilltop overlooking the Roman Fosse Way about five miles south-east of Warwick. The mill was built in the years 1632-1633 an...
Standing in a beautiful setting overlooking Ashdown Forest, Nutley Windmill is the last open-trestle post mill in Sussex, and only one of five surviving in the country. She is also the only one working. Having an open trestle, Nutley Windmill is a ve...
Some believe that Jack and Jill Windmills got their names from the nursery rhyme 'Jack & Jill went up the hill...'. Jill, the white post mill, dates from 1821 and was originally situated in Brighton. Jack, the black tower mill, built in situ in 1866,...
Waltham, a medium-sized village near Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, once had a smock mill with a bakery, and on an ideal site by the B1203 road there was a trestle-type postmill from 1666, which was blown down in 1744.
This was replaced by ano...
Marie-Christine Austin Mount Pleasant Windmill is a traditional four-sailed brick tower mill built in 1875 on the Lincoln Cliff overlooking Kirton-in-Lindsey with extensive views over the Trent Valley and the Wolds. It was wind powered until 1936 whe...
At Alford Five Sailed Windmill you can see and hear the centuries old stone grinding process and enjoy views of the Lincolnshire Wolds. A full range of stone ground flours (milled from organic wheat) is available, also cereals, exclusive preserves an...
This wonderful mill is located on Mill Road behind the museum, so called due to the nine windmills that formerly faced west over the steep slopes of the Lincoln Edge. Ellis's Mill is now the sole survivor of these mills.
Ellis' Mill is an excellen...
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...
Upminster Windmill is considered to be one of the finest examples of a "Smock" windmill remaining in England. It was built in 1803 by James Noakes, a local farmer. Additional milling capacity was provided by the building of a steam mill in 1811. In ...
We cannot turn the sweeps every weekend but will try to have them turning as much as possible. We do, of course, need to have some wind, and we also need to have Brian, Terry and John on site to perform the necessary operations to enable the sweeps t...
The Woodchurch windmill overlooks the village from the north with extensive views over the Walland marshes towards the English Channel coast. It is a fine example of a Kentish smock mill and was originally one of a pair of windmills standing on this ...
Sarre Windmill was built in 1820 the mill is fully restored and is a commercially worked windmill producing flour and porridge oats using wind power. The mill has been closed and the attached cafe turned into a holiday cottage. The mill can stil...
Herne Windmill stands on a site that has had a mill for 600 years according to ancient Canterbury and County records. This relatively recent traditional Kentish *Smock Mill stands on a high down overlooking the village of Herne and its playing field,...
Fully restored watermill. Built on the site of a mill mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086, the present mill dates from the 18th century and was restored to working order in 1979....
Delightful sheltered garden, renowned for its herbs and orchards growing old English fruit varieties. In the foothills of the Pennines, with spectacular views across the Eden Valley, this tranquil garden, sheltered by ancient oaks and high enclosing ...
Step back in time and visit Stretton Watermill in Cheshire, the working mill in beautiful rural Cheshire. See one of the country's best preserved demonstration water-powered corn mills. Stretton Watermill offers something for every visitor. The site ...
Ford End Watermill in Ivinghoe Buckinghamshire is the only working watermill with original machinery remaining in Buckinghamshire. This little mill, recorded in 1616 but certainly very much older, was in use until 1963. Restored by volunteers, and n...
Redbournbury Watermill, built beside the River Ver (which gave St. Albans its Roman name, Verulamium), a tributary of the River Colne which itself flows into the Thames. Although only a stone's throw from the main road it remains an unspoilt area, li...
The current mill at Wellesbourne is the last of a long line of mills on the river Dene, dating back before the Doomsday. There were 3 mills in the manor of Walton in 1086, including the present one.
Little is known of the mills early history but F...
We believe Ifield Watermill to be the only working watermill in West Sussex to be powered by its original water source - the Ifield Millpond. It is situated in tranquil surroundings just off Hyde Drive in Crawley, West Sussex. Owned by Crawley Bor...
