List of windmills in the United Kingdom


This is a list of windmills and windpumps in the United Kingdom.

England

The list is divided into the current ceremonial counties of England:

Bedfordshire

See List of windmills in Bedfordshire

Berkshire

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
BracknellAmen Corner MillDemolished by 1936
CookhamSutton FarmTitt iron wind engine1894
EasthampsteadCaesars Camp
FaringdonWadley HouseTitt iron wind engine1900
LockingeLockinge DownsTitt iron wind engine1895
SloughSalt Hill MillSmockMoved to Great Thurlow, Suffolk
SloughSalt Hill Mill
SmockMoved to Luton, Kent 1848.
WinkfieldChavey Down Mill
WinkfieldMaiden's Green Mill

;Mock mill
LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
WraysburySplash MillSmock1996

Buckinghamshire

See List of windmills in Buckinghamshire

Cambridgeshire

See List of windmills in Cambridgeshire

Cheshire

Windmills in Cheshire, including those now within Merseyside.
LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
BidstonBidston Windmill
towerLate 18th century
BromboroughBromborough Millstower18701870
BuertonBuerton Mill
TowerLate 18th or early 19th century
BurlandRavensmoor Mill
TowerEarly 19th century
BurtonBurton Windmill
Post1771Demolished, only 8 courses of roundhouse remain.
GaytonGayton Mill
Tower
Great SaughallGibbet Mill
TowerLate 18th century
Halton
HelsbyHornsmill, Hapsford
19th century
HelsbyHelsby MillTower
NestonGreat Neston Mill
TowerMid-18th century
PenkethPenketh MillPost
ThreapwoodBevan's Mill
TowerEarly 18th century
UptonDean's Mill
Towerc. 1775
WillastonWillaston Mill
Tower1805

Cornwall

See List of windmills in Cornwall

Cumbria

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
CardewleesCardewlees Mill
Tower
CockermouthCockermouth Mill
TowerEarly 19th century
HodbarrowHaverigg Mill
Tower
LangriggLangrigg Mill
TowerEarly 19th century
MonkhillMonkhill Mill
TowerLate 18th century
WigtonWigton Mill
Tower
WorkingtonSchoose Mill
Tower

Derbyshire

See List of windmills in Derbyshire

Devon

See List of windmills in Devon.

Dorset

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
EastonCottonfields Mill
Angel Mill

Tower17101710
EastonTop Growlands Mill
South Mill

Tower171017th century
GillinghamThe KendallsTitt iron wind engine1895
Melbury AbbasCann Mill
Tower1970Demolished 2009

;Maps
LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
CleadonCleadon Mill
TowerEarly 19th century
EasingtonJackson's Mill
Tower1832
EasingtonThorpe Moor Mill
Tower
ElwickNew Mill
Tower
FerryhillDean Bank Mill
Broom Mill

Tower
FulwellFulwell Mill
Demolished c. 1821
FulwellFulwell Mill
Towerc. 1821
GatesheadWindmill Hill MillPost18981898
GatesheadGateshead Mill
Tower
Newton AycliffeHeworth Mill
Tower
RedworthRedworth Mill
Tower
Ushaw MoorUshaw Moor Mill
Tower1817
West BoldonWest Mill
Tower
WhickhamWhickham Mill
Towerc. 1720
WhitburnWhitburn Mill
Tower1790

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

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
AlmondsburyTitt iron wind enginec. 1894
AlmondsburyOS 18301777
Arlingham
Barnwood1777
BrimpsfieldOS 18301824
BristolClifton Down Mill
Tower18th centuryConverted to camera obscura, 1828.
DursleyCam MillsTitt iron wind engine1901
DursleyTitt iron wind engine1898
FalfieldFalfield Mill
Tower1708
Forthampton12911291
Forthampton16361672
ForthamptonAlcock's Mill
Tower18451859
ForthamptonMill Hill Mill17591759
ForthamptonSwinley Mill15381544
Frampton CotterellFrampton Cotterell Mill
TowerLate 18th or early 19th century
GloucesterPost
Gloucester1455
Gloucester1624
HazletonGrange Mill
Tower
NewentCastle Hill Mill
Smock1920s
OddingtonMartin's Hill Mill
Tower
QuintonLower Quinton Mill
TowerEarly 19th centuryDemolished spring 1951
SiddingtonSiddington Mill
TowerLate 18th century
TidenhamFolly Mill
Tower
WarmleyWarmley Mill
Tower18th century

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.
LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
HaighHaigh MillTower1845

Hampshire

See List of windmills in Hampshire

Herefordshire

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
LedburyWellington Heath Mill
Approximately
Post17981885
MoccasRollsford Mill
Tower1832
1835
1832
Ross-on-WyeWaterworksTitt iron wind engine
Leinthall StarkesLeinthall Starkes Mill
Mock Smock

Hertfordshire

See List of windmills in Hertfordshire

Isle of Wight

See List of windmills in the Isle of Wight

Kent

See List of windmills in Kent

Lancashire

See List of windmills in Lancashire

Leicestershire

See List of windmills in Leicestershire

Lincolnshire

See List of windmills in Lincolnshire, and

Merseyside

Historical mills can be found under Cheshire and Lancashire.
LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
BidstonBidston Windmill
towerLate 18th century
GaytonGayton Mill
Tower
Great CrosbyMoor Lane Mill
Tower1813
LydiateForest's Mill
Tower1768
PrescotAcres MillTower1908
St HelensRavenhead Mill
TowerLate 18th century
WavertreeWavertree MillPost14521916

;Mock mill
LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
HeswallHeswall WindmillTowerMid-1980s

Norfolk

See List of windmills in Norfolk and List of drainage windmills in Norfolk

North Yorkshire

See List of windmills in North Yorkshire

Northamptonshire

Northumberland

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
AcombTower1720Truncated early 19th century
BamburghCastle Mill
Tower1835
BelfordSpindlestone Ducket Mill
Tower18th century
ChollertonTower
Great WhittingtonWhittington Mill
Tower18th century
HaggerstonTower
HartleyTower
High CallertonBirney Hill Mill
Tower18th century
HexhamDipton Mill
tower
NewcastleChimney Mill
Smock1782
NewcastleHeaton Mill
TowerEarly 18th century
North ShieldsBilly Mill
Tower
ScremerstonTower
StanningtonPlessey Mill
Tower1749
WoodhornWoodhorn Mill
TowerEarly 19th century

;Mock mill
LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
South DissingtonSmock

Nottinghamshire

See List of windmills in Nottinghamshire

Oxfordshire

See List of windmills in Oxfordshire

Rutland

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
GreethamSmock
KettonKetton Mill
Tower
MorcottMorcott Mill
Tower
North LuffenhamTower
OakhamPost
PrestonPostDemolished c. 1928
SeatonPostDemolished c. 1928
South LuffenhamSouth Luffenham Mill
Tower
WhissendineWhissendine Mill
Tower1809

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.
LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
CleadonCleadon Mill
TowerEarly 19th century
FulwellFulwell Mill
Towerc. 1821
NewcastleChimney Mill
Smock1793 upminster1782
WhitburnWhitburn Mill
Tower1790

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
LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
BerkswellBalsall Common Mill
Tower1826
Tettenhall WoodTettenhall Mill
Tower18181818
WalsallHighgate Mill
Tower1826
WightwickWightwick mill
Tower1720

;Maps
See List of windmills in West Sussex

West Yorkshire

See List of windmills in West Yorkshire

Wiltshire

See List of windmills in Wiltshire

Worcestershire

LocationName of mill and
grid reference
TypeMapsFirst mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
AlvechurchWeatheroak Hill Mill
Tower18211821
InkberrowHolberrow Green Mill
Tower1821
1832
1801
InkberrowStonepits Quarry Mill
Towerc. 1840
InkberrowPost1832Demolished 1880s
KempseyKempsey MillTower1854Demolished 1875
RedditchWalkwood Common Mill
Tower18331848, gone by 1885
RedditchApproximately
Vertical axis millc. 1780Demolished c. 1889
Stoke HeathDanzey Green Mill
Midlands post1971
Stourport-on-SevernAreley Common Mill
Towerc. 1800

;Maps
See List of windmills in Scotland

Wales

See List of windmills in Wales