List of windmills in the United Kingdom facts for kids
This is a list of windmills and windpumps in the United Kingdom.
Contents
- England
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cheshire
- Cornwall
- Cumbria
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- Durham
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- East Sussex
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
- Greater London
- Greater Manchester
- Hampshire
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Merseyside
- Norfolk
- North Yorkshire
- Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Rutland
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- South Yorkshire
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Tyne and Wear
- Warwickshire
- West Midlands
- West Sussex
- West Yorkshire
- Wiltshire
- Worcestershire
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Wales
- See also
England
The list is divided into the current ceremonial counties of England:
Bedfordshire
See List of windmills in Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Bracknell | Amen Corner Mill | Demolished by 1936 | ||||
Cookham | Sutton Farm | Titt iron wind engine | 1894 | |||
Easthampstead | Caesars Camp | |||||
Faringdon | Wadley House | Titt iron wind engine | 1900 | |||
Lockinge | Lockinge Downs | Titt iron wind engine | 1895 | |||
Slough | Salt Hill Mill | Smock | Moved to Great Thurlow, Suffolk | |||
Slough | Salt Hill Mill (2nd mill) |
Smock | Moved to Luton, Kent 1848. | |||
Winkfield | Chavey Down Mill | |||||
Winkfield | Maiden's Green Mill |
- Mock mill
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Wraysbury | Splash Mill | Smock | 1996 |
Buckinghamshire
See List of windmills in Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
See List of windmills in Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Windmills in Cheshire, including those now within Merseyside.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Bidston | Bidston Windmill SJ 287 894 |
tower | Late 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Bromborough | Bromborough Mills | tower | 1870 | 1870 | ||
Buerton | Buerton Mill SJ 686 440 |
Tower | Late 18th or early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Burland | Ravensmoor Mill SJ 623 530 |
Tower | Early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Burton | Burton Windmill SJ 313 745 |
Post | 1771 | Demolished, only 8 courses of roundhouse remain. Windmill World |
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Gayton | Gayton Mill SJ 278 812 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Great Saughall | Gibbet Mill SJ 364 723 |
Tower | Late 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Halton | SJ 519 829 | |||||
Helsby | Hornsmill, Hapsford SJ 481 741 |
19th century | ||||
Helsby | Helsby Mill | Tower | ||||
Neston | Great Neston Mill SJ 289 781 |
Tower | Mid-18th century | Windmill World | ||
Penketh | Penketh Mill | Post | ||||
Threapwood | Bevan's Mill SJ 442 452 |
Tower | Early 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Upton-by-Chester | Dean's Mill SJ 409 688 |
Tower | c. 1775 | Windmill World | ||
Willaston | Willaston Mill SJ 328 785 |
Tower | 1805 | Windmill World |
Cornwall
See List of windmills in Cornwall
Cumbria
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Cardewlees | Cardewlees Mill NY 347 513 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Cockermouth | Cockermouth Mill NY 118 308 |
Tower | Early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Hodbarrow | Haverigg Mill SD 184 783 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Langrigg | Langrigg Mill NY 170 455 |
Tower | Early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Monkhill | Monkhill Mill NY 342 585 |
Tower | Late 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Wigton | Wigton Mill NY 252 488 |
Tower | ||||
Workington | Schoose Mill NY 014 279 |
Tower | Windmill World |
Derbyshire
See List of windmills in Derbyshire
Devon
See List of windmills in Devon.
Dorset
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Easton | Cottonfields Mill Angel Mill SY 691 714 |
Tower | 1710 | 1710 | Windmill World | |
Easton | Top Growlands Mill South Mill SY 692 713 |
Tower | 1710 | 17th century | Windmill World | |
Gillingham | The Kendalls | Titt iron wind engine | 1895 | |||
Melbury Abbas | Cann Mill ST 872 208 |
Tower | 1970 | Demolished 2009 Windmill World |
- Maps
- 1710 John Hutchins
Durham
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Cleadon | Cleadon Mill NZ 389 632 |
Tower | Early 19th century | |||
Easington | Jackson's Mill NZ 409 437 |
Tower | 1832 | Windmill World | ||
Easington | Thorpe Moor Mill NZ 412 422 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Elwick | New Mill NZ 449 315 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Ferryhill | Dean Bank Mill Broom Mill NZ 276 326 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Fulwell | Fulwell Mill NZ 392 595 |
Demolished c. 1821 | ||||
Fulwell | Fulwell Mill NZ 392 595 |
Tower | c. 1821 | Windmill World | ||
Gateshead | Windmill Hill Mill | Post | 1898 | 1898 | ||
Gateshead | Windmill Hill (6 mills in addition to that listed above) | Post | Last one demolished in 1890. | |||
Gateshead | Gateshead Mill NZ 208 614 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Gateshead | Borough Mill NZ 2494 6262 |
Tower | 1837 | Demolished July 1927. | ||
Newton Aycliffe | Heworth Mill NZ 290 219 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Redworth | Redworth Mill NZ 229 234 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Ushaw Moor | Ushaw Moor Mill NZ 215 438 |
Tower | 1817 | Windmill World | ||
West Boldon | West Mill NZ 354 612 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Whickham | Whickham Mill NZ 210 610 |
Tower | c. 1720 | Windmill World | ||
Whitburn | Whitburn Mill NZ 407 625 |
Tower | 1790 | Windmill World |
East Riding of Yorkshire
See List of windmills in the East Riding of Yorkshire
East Sussex
See List of windmills in East Sussex
Essex
See List of windmills in Essex
Gloucestershire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Almondsbury | Titt iron wind engine | c. 1894 | ||||
Almondsbury | ST 608 839 | OS 1830 | 1777 | |||
Arlingham | SO 715 108 | |||||
Barnwood | SO 841 180 | 1777 | ||||
Brimpsfield | SO 933 114 | OS 1830 | 1824 | |||
Bristol | Clifton Down Mill ST 566 733 |
Tower | 18th century | Converted to camera obscura, 1828. Windmill World |
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Dursley | Cam Mills | Titt iron wind engine | 1901 | |||
Dursley | Titt iron wind engine | 1898 | ||||
Dymock | SO 7090 2913 | Smock mill | ||||
Falfield | Falfield Mill ST 6839 9299 |
Tower | 1708 | Windmill World | ||
Forthampton | (two mills) | 1291 | 1291 | |||
Forthampton | 1636 | 1672 | ||||
Forthampton | Alcock's Mill SO 868 324 |
Tower | 1845 | 1859 | ||
Forthampton | Mill Hill Mill | 1759 | 1759 | |||
Forthampton | Swinley Mill | 1538 | 1544 | |||
Frampton Cotterell | Frampton Cotterell Mill ST 673 814 |
Tower | Late 18th or early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Gloucester | SO 831 183 | Post | ||||
Gloucester | SO 832 185 | 1455 | ||||
Gloucester | SO 830 170 | 1624 | ||||
Hazleton | Grange Mill SP 078 183 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Newent | Castle Hill Mill SO 720 250 |
Smock | 1920s | Windmill World | ||
Oddington | Martin's Hill Mill SP 212 255 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Quinton | Lower Quinton Mill SP 176 473 |
Tower | Early 19th century | Demolished spring 1951 | ||
Siddington | Siddington Mill SU 041 995 |
Tower | Late 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Tidenham | Folly Mill |
Tower ST 537 949 |
Windmill World | |||
Warmley | Warmley Mill ST 667 727 |
Tower | 18th century | Windmill World |
Greater London
See List of windmills in Greater London
Greater Manchester
Windmills that survive today within Greater Manchester. Historic windmills will be listed under Lancashire.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Haigh | Haigh Mill | Tower | 1845 |
Hampshire
See List of windmills in Hampshire
Herefordshire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Ledbury | Wellington Heath Mill Approximately SO 709 408 |
Post | 1798 | 1885 | ||
Moccas | Rollsford Mill SO 361 419 |
Tower | 1832 1835 |
1832 | Windmill World | |
Ross-on-Wye | Waterworks | Titt iron wind engine | ||||
Leinthall Starkes | Leinthall Starkes Mill SO 444 698 |
Mock Smock | Windmill World |
Hertfordshire
See List of windmills in Hertfordshire
Isle of Wight
See List of windmills in the Isle of Wight
Kent
Lancashire
See List of windmills in Lancashire
Leicestershire
See List of windmills in Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
See List of windmills in Lincolnshire, and Lincolnshire's windmills
Merseyside
Historical mills can be found under Cheshire and Lancashire.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Bidston | Bidston Windmill SJ 287 894 |
tower | Late 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Gayton | Gayton Mill SJ 278 812 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Great Crosby | Moor Lane Mill SD 329 003 |
Tower | 1813 | Windmill World | ||
Lydiate | Forest's Mill SD 380 039 |
Tower | 1768 | Windmill World | ||
Prescot | Acres Mill | Tower | 1908 | |||
St Helens | Ravenhead Mill SJ 502 942 |
Tower | Late 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Wavertree | Wavertree Mill | Post | 1452 | 1916 Windmill World |
- Mock mill
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Heswall | Heswall Windmill | Tower | Mid-1980s | Windmill World |
Norfolk
See List of windmills in Norfolk and List of drainage windmills in Norfolk
North Yorkshire
See List of windmills in North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Barby | Barby Mill SP 542 696 |
Tower | Early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Blakesley | Quinbury End Mill SP 623 504 |
Tower | 1832 | Windmill World | ||
Bozeat | Post | 1937 Windmill World |
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Braunston | Braunston Mill SP 537 663 |
Tower | c. 1800 | Truncated c. 1920 Windmill World |
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Cottingham | SP 849 901 | 1536 | 1720 Windmill World |
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Cottingham | Cottingham Mill SP 849 901 |
Tower | Late 18th century | Truncated 1955 Windmill World |
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Finedon | Finedon Mill SP 907 724 |
Tower | c. 1818 | Windmill World | ||
Great Brington | Titt iron wind engine | 1894 | ||||
Hellidon | Hellidon Mill SP 519 578 |
Tower | Late 18th or early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Kingsthorpe | Kingsthorpe Mill SP 756 639 |
Tower | Early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Newnham | Newnham Mill SP 575 610 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Rushden | Rushden Mill SP 956 653 |
Smock | Windmill World | |||
Silverstone | Silverstone Mill SP 674 443 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Strixton | 13th century | 13th century Windmill World |
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Sulgrave | Sulgrave Mill SP 554 459 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Tansor | Tansor Mill TL 055 910 |
Tower | Mid-18th century | Windmill World | ||
Tansor | Tansor Crossroads | Windmill World | ||||
West Haddon | Windmill World | |||||
Wootton | Wootton Mill SP 759 567 |
Tower | 1902 Windmill World |
Northumberland
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Acomb | NY 931 662 | Tower | 1720 | Truncated early 19th century Windmill World |
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Bamburgh | Castle Mill NU 182 352 |
Tower | 1835 | Windmill World | ||
Belford | Spindlestone Ducket Mill NU 147 335 |
Tower | 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Berwick upon Tweed | Berwick Castle (two mills) | 1333 | Temporary mills, probably demolished 1335 when the Castle Mill, a watermill, was rebuilt. | |||
Berwick upon Tweed | Berwick Castle | Tower | C17th | Standing in 1833. | ||
Chollerton | NY 932 720 | Tower | Windmill World | |||
Great Whittington | Whittington Mill NZ 015 705 |
Tower | 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Haggerston | NU 035 436 | Tower | Windmill World | |||
Hartley | NZ 337 765 | Tower | ||||
High Callerton | Birney Hill Mill NZ 147 697 |
Tower | 18th century | Windmill World | ||
Hexham | Dipton Mill NY 927 609 |
tower | Windmill World | |||
Newcastle | Chimney Mill NZ 240 656 |
Smock | 1782 | Windmill World | ||
Newcastle | Heaton Mill NZ 267 658 |
Tower | Early 18th century | Windmill World | ||
North Shields | Billy Mill NZ 337 691 |
Tower | ||||
Scremerston | NU 014 491 | Tower | ||||
Stannington | Plessey Mill NZ 238 789 |
Tower | 1749 | Windmill World | ||
Woodhorn | Woodhorn Mill NZ 298 893 |
Tower | Early 19th century | Windmill World |
- Mock mill
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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South Dissington | NZ 129 695 | Smock | Windmill World |
Nottinghamshire
See List of windmills in Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
See List of windmills in Oxfordshire
Rutland
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Greetham | SK 951 131 | Smock | Windmill World | |||
Ketton | Ketton Mill SK 972 046 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Morcott | Morcott Mill SK 930 001 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
North Luffenham | Tower | |||||
Oakham | Post | |||||
Preston | Post | Demolished c. 1928 | ||||
Seaton | SP 907 976 | Post | Demolished c. 1928 Windmill World |
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South Luffenham | South Luffenham Mill SK 947 025 |
Tower | Windmill World | |||
Whissendine | Whissendine Mill SK 823 143 |
Tower | 1809 | Windmill World |
Shropshire
See List of windmills in Shropshire
Somerset
See List of windmills in Somerset
South Yorkshire
See List of windmills in South Yorkshire
Staffordshire
See List of windmills in Staffordshire
Suffolk
See List of windmills in Suffolk
Surrey
See List of windmills in Surrey
Tyne and Wear
Windmills standing today in Tyne and Wear, historic windmills are listed under Co Durham or Northumberland as appropriate.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Cleadon | Cleadon Mill NZ 389 632 |
Tower | Early 19th century | Windmill World | ||
Fulwell | Fulwell Mill NZ392 595 |
Tower | c. 1821 | Windmill World | ||
Newcastle | Chimney Mill NZ 240 656 |
Smock | 1793 upminster | 1782 | Windmill World | |
Whitburn | Whitburn Mill NZ 210 610 |
Tower | 1790 | Windmill World |
Warwickshire
See List of windmills in Warwickshire
West Midlands
Windmills standing today in the West Midlands. Historical mills can be found under Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Berkswell | Balsall Common Mill SP 249 759 |
Tower | 1826 | Windmill World | ||
Chesterton, Warwickshire | Chesterton Windmill
SP 347 593 |
Tower | 1632 | |||
Tettenhall Wood | Tettenhall Mill SO 873 991 |
Tower | 1818 | 1818 | ||
Walsall | Highgate Mill SP 017 975 |
Tower | 1826 | Windmill World | ||
Wightwick | Wightwick mill SO 871 981 |
Tower | 1720 |
- Maps
- 1818 C & G Greenwood
West Sussex
See List of windmills in West Sussex
West Yorkshire
See List of windmills in West Yorkshire
Wiltshire
See List of windmills in Wiltshire
Worcestershire
Location | Name of mill and grid reference |
Type | Maps | First mention or built |
Last mention or demise |
Photograph |
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Alvechurch | Weatheroak Hill Mill SP 059 740 |
Tower | 1821 | 1821 | Windmill World | |
Inkberrow | Holberrow Green Mill SP 024 588 |
Tower | 1821 1832 |
1801 | Windmill World | |
Inkberrow | Stonepits Quarry Mill SP 008 568 |
Tower | c. 1840 | Windmill World | ||
Inkberrow | SP 038 587 | Post | 1832 | Demolished 1880s | ||
Kempsey | Kempsey Mill | Tower | 1854 | Demolished 1875 | ||
Redditch | Walkwood Common Mill SP 027 647 |
Tower | 1833 | 1848, gone by 1885 | ||
Redditch | Approximately SP 039 675 |
Vertical axis mill | c. 1780 | Demolished c. 1889 | ||
Stoke Heath | Danzey Green Mill SO 951 682 |
Midlands post | 1971 | Windmill World | ||
Stourport-on-Severn | Areley Common Mill SO 803 703 |
Tower | c. 1800 | Windmill World |
- Maps
- 1821 C & G Greenwood
- 1832 Ordnance Survey
Northern Ireland
- See List of windmills in Northern Ireland
Scotland
See List of windmills in Scotland
Wales
See List of windmills in Wales
See also
- Windmills in the Channel Islands
- Windmills in the Isle of Man
- Watermills in the United Kingdom