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The 8 best windmills in North Wales

Our curated top 8 windmills in North Wales, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 40 windmills see the full windmills index for North Wales.

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    Parys Mountain Windmill

    Modern wind turbine viewed from a door in the derelict windmill on Parys Mountain - geograph.org.uk - 8072009

    Parys Mountain Windmill is a Grade II listed building located on the highest point of Parys Mountain near Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales. The structure was built in 1878 to assist a local copper mine in the

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    Bidston Windmill

    Bidston Windmill, windmills in North Wales

    Bidston Windmill is a historic corn mill situated on Bidston Hill near Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula in England.

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    Melin Adda

    Melin Adda, Pentrefelin - geograph.org.uk - 4787218

    Melin Adda is a windmill near Amlwch, Anglesey, (OS reference: SH 440921) which was built in the 1790s and closed down in 1912. The mill was turned into a house in the 1970s. Nearby stood another mill

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    Melin Llynon

    Melin Llynon, windmills in North Wales

    Melin Llynon, or Llynon Mill, is a gristmill located on the outskirts of the village of Llanddeusant on the island of Anglesey. It is the only surviving working windmill in Wales.

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    Disused windmill at NGR SJ 56652 29724

    Interior of derelict windmill, 1987 - geograph.org.uk - 3487938

    Details In the entry for WESTON-UNDER-REDCASTLE CP HAWKSTONE PARK 16/179 Disused windmill at NGR SJ 56652 29724 The grade shall be amended to read: II* (star) ------------------------------------ WEST

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    Moor Lane windmill, Crosby

    Converted Windmill on Moor Lane - geograph.org.uk - 4775472

    Details CROSBY SD30SW MOOR LANE 778-1/2/109 (North side) 04/07/52 Windmill GV II Formerly known as: Old Mill MOOR LANE. Tower windmill, now house. Dated 1813 on east side; altered. Brick, now rendered

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    Windmill 130 yards east Of Mill House

    Back Lane, Threapwood - geograph.org.uk - 4054975

    Details SJ 44 NW THREAPWOOD MILL LANE Windmill 13O yards east of Mill House (formerly listed 3/38 as Old Windmill) 1.3.67 II Derelict Windmill. Early C18. Brick. Bottle shaped, tapering tower. Superst

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    Gibbet Windmill

    Cheshire Cones - geograph.org.uk - 873935

    Details SJ 37 SE SAUGHALL C.P. PARKGATE ROAD (East Side) 4/26 Gibbet Windmill (formerly listed as Gibbet Mill). 4/6/1952 II Formerly a windmill, now a house: later C18 with renovations, extensions and

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