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The 20 best windmills in South East England

Our curated top 20 windmills in South East England, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 71 windmills see the full windmills index for South East England.

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    Ashcombe Mill

    East Sussex

    Ashcombe Mill, windmills in East Sussex

    Ashcombe Mill is a windmill in the United Kingdom.

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  2. 2

    Davison's Mill, Stelling Minnis

    Kent

    Tearoom, Stelling Minnis Windmill - geograph.org.uk - 7777944

    Davison's Mill, also known as Stelling Minnis Windmill, is a Grade I listed smock mill in Stelling Minnis, Kent, England that was built in 1866. It was the last windmill working commercially in Kent w

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    Polegate Windmill

    East Sussex

    Polegate Windmill, windmills in East Sussex

    Ovenden's Mill or Mockett's Mill is a grade II* listed tower mill at Polegate, East Sussex, England which has been restored but is now in a poor state and the tower is not open to the public. The impr

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    Clayton Windmills

    West Sussex

    Jill - geograph.org.uk - 2596123

    The Clayton Windmills, known locally as Jack and Jill, stand on the South Downs above the village of Clayton, West Sussex, England. They comprise a post mill and a tower mill, and the roundhouse of a

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    St Margaret's Bay Windmill

    Kent

    The Low Light, South Foreland - geograph.org.uk - 8256566

    St Margaret's Bay Windmill is a Grade II listed smock mill on South Foreland, the southeasternmost point of England. It was built in 1929 to generate electricity for the attached house, high on the Wh

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    Charing Windmill

    Kent

    Charing Windmill, windmills in Kent

    Charing Windmill is a Grade II listed smock windmill, now converted to a house, on Charing Hill in Kent in southeast England. It is sometimes known as Field Mill, but that name was also used by a wate

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    Windmill Hill Mill, Herstmonceux

    East Sussex

    Roadsign, Joe's Lane - geograph.org.uk - 7662145

    Windmill Hill Mill is a grade II* listed post mill at Herstmonceux, Sussex, England which has been restored and now operates as a working mill. The mill is open to the public on most Sundays from East

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    Stone Cross Windmill

    East Sussex

    Rattle Road - geograph.org.uk - 1776320

    Stone Cross Windmill is a grade II* listed tower mill at Stone Cross, East Sussex, England which has been restored and is open to the public. The mill was also known as Blackness Mill and the White Mi

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    West Blatchington Windmill

    West Blatchington Windmill, windmills in South East England

    West Blatchington Windmill is a Grade II* listed smock mill at West Blatchington, Brighton and Hove, in the historic county of Sussex, England which has been restored and is open to the public.

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    Copton Pumping Windmill

    Kent

    M2 Motorway to Sittingbourne - geograph.org.uk - 1369845

    Copton Mill is a tower mill in Copton, Faversham, Kent, England that was built in 1863 to pump water for Faversham Water Company's waterworks. It is just south of junction 6 of the M2 motorway.

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    Wilton Windmill

    Wilton Windmill, windmills in South East England

    The Wilton Windmill is a five-floor brick tower mill, standing on a chalk ridge between the villages of Wilton and Great Bedwyn in the southern English county of Wiltshire.

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    Crux Easton wind engine

    Hampshire

    Village communications, Crux Easton - geograph.org.uk - 1876442

    Crux Easton wind engine is a Grade II listed Titt wind engine, used as a windpump, at Crux Easton, Hampshire, England, which has been restored to working order.

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    Patcham Mill

    Patcham Mill, windmills in South East England

    Waterhall Mill, also known as Westdene Windmill, is a grade II listed tower mill at Westdene, Sussex, England which has been converted to residential use.

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    Chalton Windmill

    Hampshire

    Former windmill on Windmill Hill - geograph.org.uk - 6577655

    Chalton Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill on the top of Windmill Hill at Chalton, Hampshire, England, which has been converted to residential use.

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    Oare Windmill

    Kent

    Pond next to Oare Creek at sunrise - geograph.org.uk - 2767399

    Oare Mill is a Grade II listed house converted Tower mill in Oare, Kent, England that was built in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century.

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    Chillenden Windmill

    Kent

    Chillenden Windmill, windmills in Kent

    Chillenden windmill is a grade II* listed open-trestle post mill north of Chillenden, Kent, England. It is the last post mill built in Kent.

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    Rayleigh Mill

    Essex

    Rayleigh Mill, windmills in Essex

    Rayleigh Windmill is a grade II listed Tower mill at Rayleigh, Essex, England which has been restored as a landmark and is used as a museum.

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    Bembridge Windmill

    Bembridge Windmill, windmills in South East England

    Knowle Mill, better known today as Bembridge Windmill, is a Grade I listed, preserved tower mill at Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England.

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    Nutley Windmill

    East Sussex

    Nutley Windmill, windmills in East Sussex

    Nutley Windmill is a grade II* listed open trestle post mill at Nutley, East Sussex, England which has been restored to working order.

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    Frimley Green Windmill

    Surrey

    Woodland near the Basingstoke Canal - geograph.org.uk - 694496

    Frimley Green Windmill — a Grade II*-listed windmill in england-south-east, United Kingdom.

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