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The 20 best watermills in South East England

Our curated top 20 watermills in South East England, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 56 watermills see the full watermills index for South East England.

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    Gants Mill

    South Somerset , Grassy Field and Hillside - geograph.org.uk - 1347353

    Gants Mill is a watermill on the River Brue in Pitcombe near Bruton, Somerset, England. Much of the current mill was built in 1810 but includes parts of the 18th-century building and possibly some mat

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    Chesapeake Mill

    Hampshire

    Chesapeake Mill, watermills in Hampshire

    Chesapeake Mill is a place of interest in the United Kingdom.

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    Sadler's Mill

    Hampshire

    Sadler's Mill, watermills in Hampshire

    Sadler's Mill, also referred to as Saddlers Mill, is a watermill in Romsey, Hampshire, England. It is probably the best known of Romsey's surviving mills and is apparently the only mill to be develope

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    Longbridge Mill

    Hampshire

    Pylon by Longbridge Mill - geograph.org.uk - 2703190

    Longbridge Mill is a restored grade II listed water mill situated on the River Loddon in the village of Sherfield on Loddon in the English county of Hampshire. The mill is now incorporated into a publ

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    Eling Tide Mill

    Hampshire

    Eling Tide Mill, watermills in Hampshire

    Eling Tide Mill is a watermill in the United Kingdom.

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    Watermill Theatre

    Watermill Theatre, theatres in South East England

    The Watermill Theatre is a producing theatre in Bagnor, Berkshire. It opened in 1967 in Bagnor Mill, a converted watermill on the River Lambourn. As a producing house, the theatre has staged works tha

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    Mapledurham Mill

    Oxfordshire

    Mapledurham Mill, watermills in Oxfordshire

    Mapledurham Mill is a watermill in the United Kingdom.

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    Ifield Mill

    West Sussex

    Ifield Mill, watermills in West Sussex

    Ifield Mill is a watermill in the United Kingdom.

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    Salisbury Generating Station

    Clock tower, Salisbury - geograph.org.uk - 2267341

    Salisbury power station supplied electricity to the English city of Salisbury and the surrounding area from 1898 to c. 1970. It was owned and operated by Salisbury Electric Light and Supply Company Li

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    Hambleden Mill

    Hambleden Mill, watermills in South East England

    Hambleden Mill is a watermill in the United Kingdom.

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    Saw Mill

    Hampshire

    Copythorne , Paultons Park - Weir - geograph.org.uk - 8166408

    Details SK 24 SW PARISH OF SHIRLEY PARK LANE 5/103 (West Side) Saw Mill II* Saw mill on the Osmaston Manor estate. c1845 by Henry Stevens of Derby. Coursed squared rock faced limestone with sandstone

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    Watermill

    East Sussex

    Michelham Priory watermill - geograph.org.uk - 1407094

    Details TL 97 SW SAPISTON 3/90 Watermill - GV II Disused watermill. C18. Red brick ground storey, timber-framed and weatherboarded above, slate roof. Ventilating louvres in east gable, formerly a luca

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    Balcombe Mill

    West Sussex

    Bridleway leaves Mill Lane at Ardingly Reservoir - geograph.org.uk - 2444465

    Details BALCOMBE MILL LANE 1 . 5405 Balcombe Mill TQ 3130 32/353 II 2. C19. Three storeys. One window. Faced with weather-boarding. Slate roof. Listing NGR: TQ3178030447 Legacy The contents of this re

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    Fittleworth Mill

    West Sussex

    Mill cottages, Lower Fittleworth - geograph.org.uk - 4695095

    Details TQ 0018 28/211 FITTLEWORTH, LOWER STREET Fittleworth Mill 22.2.55 II Watermill. This building stands on an island between two branches of the river Rother in the garden of the Mill House, whic

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    Old Mill and Mill House

    Kent

    The Mill, Tonge - geograph.org.uk - 419004

    Details TQ 96 SW TONGE CHURCH ROAD (east side) 2/175 Old Mill and Mill house GV II Water mill, now 2 houses. 1759. Timber framed and weather boarded on ground floor of chequered red and grey brick, wi

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    Maplehurst Mill

    Kent

    Field near Maplehurst - geograph.org.uk - 1027134

    Details The List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20 February 2017. STAPLEHURST MILL LANE TQ 84 SW (West side) Frittenden/Staplehurst 4/93 Maplehurst Mill II House with water-mill attached fo

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    Southington Mill

    Hampshire

    Thatching, Southington, Hampshire - geograph.org.uk - 4664088

    Details 1. 52229 OVERTON SU 54 NW 16.5.66 Southington Mill 4/2 II 2. c18, early C20. Old cornmill, enlarged and converted. North-south mill with attached house (of one storey and attic) at the north e

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    Itchen Stoke Mill

    Hampshire

    Millstream and Itchenstoke Mill - geograph.org.uk - 2322047

    Details SU 53 SE ITCHEN STOKE AND OVINGTON ITCHEN STOKE 8/18 Itchen Stoke Mill II Mill with attached millers cottage. C18. Brick with old plain tiled roof. 2 storey, 3 bay millers cottage with 3 bay m

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    Dean's Mill

    West Sussex

    Lindfield Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 4599598

    Details LINDFIELD RURAL ARDINGLY ROAD 1. 5405 Dean's Mill TQ 32 NE 12/317 II 2. C19. Three storeys. Two windows. Ground floor red brick and grey headers in alternate courses, above weather-boarded. Sl

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    The Mill House And The Mill Flat

    Flooded Land at Tidmarsh - geograph.org.uk - 3802799

    Details SU 67 SW TIDMARSH """-"" -- - 4/9 The Mill House And The Mill Flat G.V. II Mill, now house and flat. C18 and C19. Red brick with some grey in window arches, and plinth to left. Old tile roof,

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