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Windmills to Visit in Kent

Here are 10 windmills in Kent which are regularly open to the public, 7 of them maintained by Kent County Council. A leaflet giving opening times and contact details for these mills (and others) can be found HERE

Chillenden
Chillenden
Post mill built 1868
Website

Herne
Smock mill built 1789
Website

Margate
Drapers Mill

Smock mill built 1845

Meopham
Smock mill built 1821
Website

Sandwich - White Mill
Smock mill built c1760
Website

Sarre
Smock mill built 1820
Now a holiday let!!

Stelling Minnis
Davison's Mill

Smock mill built 1866
Willesborough
Willesborough, Ashford
Smock Mill built 1869
Website

Wittersham
Post mill built c1781

Woodchurch
Smock mill built 1820
Website

Watermills to Visit in Kent

<< Swanton Mill, Mersham

 

 

 

Crabble Mill, Dover >>
Built 1812
Website


Visit our 360º Interactive Virtual Tour.
Courtesy of PanoramaStudio.co.uk
Cranbrook Union Windmill: Virtual Tour


BOOKS about Mills and Milling

Shire Books have four books at reasonable prices by Martin Watts, a miller and millwright; you can find out more about them HERE

Second-hand but worth looking for:
Windmills in England and A Source Book of Windmills and Watermills by Rex Wailes
Windmill World has an extensive list of Windmill books, both in and out of print.


MORE Links to Related Sites

Kent Mills - gives more information on contact details and opening times
Mills Archive - this and Kent Millers Tales are for more detailed historical research
Windmills in the care of KCC
Mills Section of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB)
Windmills on Wikipedia - history, evolution, types of mill, and machinery - with lots more links
Wikipedia also lists Windmills in Kent and includes some which have been converted to houses and some where only part of the mill building has survived
Windmill World - Windmills (and watermills) from all over

Why not combine a mill visit with one to Cranbrook Museum