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Windmills in Kent

We are attempting to list all places where photographers can photograph windmills within the UK, by county. This is the start of a list that will both grow over time and hopefully we will be able to add more columns or information.

Where the names in the first column is hyperlinked this links to a Location page with more information on this site and over time more of these will be added, we will be delighted if some of you would like to also produce location pages.

WW = Windmill World website link    LB = listed building

Guide

Windmill name

Near

NGR & maps

Web Links

Notes
N Aldington Aldington NGR: TR056363 WW smock mill, base only remains, used a shed.
N Appledore Appledore NGR: TQ954304 WW post mill
9 Union Mill Appledore NGR: TQ953304 WW smock mill, Now a octagonal 2 storey house
N Guilton Mill Ash NGR: TR283584 WW smock mill, now a house
? Boundgate Mill Badlesmere NGR: TR010531 WW smock mill truncated base
1 Black Mill Barham NGR: TR214510 WW  Wiki
geograph
smock mill, burnt down in 1970 while being restored. One image shows it now restored with sails. Position uncertain.
9 Beacon Mill Benenden NGR: TQ821324 WW  LB
Wiki
geograph
smock mill
? White Mill Bethersden NGR: TQ929407 WW smock mill
2 Bidborough Bidborough NGR: TQ562435 WW   LB
Wiki
geograph
flickr
tower mill, now a house. Last image (2006) shows it in conversion with shaped top, but no sails.
N Old Mill Blean NGR: TR125607 WW smock mill, base was single storey building in 1980's
? Bluebell Hill Bluebell Hill NGR: TQ011631 WW smock mill
2 St Martins Canterbury NGR: TR161578 WW  LB
Wiki
geograph
tower mill now a house, tower, and top, no sails as far as I know. Need to check.
Y Charing Charing NGR: TQ957503 WW LB
Wiki
smock mill, now a house
It has sails.
N Ashley Mill Cheriton NGR: TR205373 WW smock mill. 4/5 story building now
Y Chillenden windmill
(Challenge)
Chillenden
(Challenge)
NGR: TR268543 WW  LB
MO  OWN
Details
Wiki
geograph
geograph
post mill, restored, storm damaged and restored again
N Chislet Chislet NGR: TR225679 WW  LB
Wiki
smock mill destroyed in a fire in 2005
N Darnley's Mill Cobham NGR: TQ672684 WW smock mill, 2 story part of house.
Y Union Mill Cranbrook NGR: TQ779359 WW LB
MO  Wiki
geograph
geograph
smock mill, restored
1 Upper Mill Eastry NGR: TR304545 WW  LB
Wiki
smock mill, now a house
Top no sails. Appears to be complete except for sails.
2 Edenbridge Edenbridge NGR: TQ443456 WW LB
Wiki
tower mill, now a house. 5 storeys.
N Egerton Egerton NGR: TQ908472 WW smock mill. now looks like two storey barn
N Bodsham Green Elmsted NGR: TR106456 WW smock mill, Remains now shed with tin roof
? Great Prospect Mill Frindsbury NGR: TQ737706 WW smock mill
? Frittenden Frittenden NGR: TQ813424 WW post mill
2 Swingate Mill Guston NGR: TR333443 WW LB
Wiki
tower mill now a tall black house, with boat shaped top. No sails
Y Herne Herne NGR: TR184665 WW  LB
MO  Wiki
geograph
geograph
smock mill Restored has sails. Open.
? Brook Lane Herne Bay NGR: TR180660 WW smock mill
N Higham Higham NGR: TQ719715 WW  LB
geograph
smock mill, now 2 story conversion.
N Watt's Cross Mill Hildenborough NGR: TQ559494 WW  LB smock mill, 2 storey derelict shell
? Iwade Iwade NGR: TQ914688 WW post mill (pumping)
? Kennington Kennington NGR: TR032454 WW smock mill base remains.
N Shipley Hatch Mill Kingsnorth NGR: TR001391 WW smock mill, now square 2 story house
7 Reed's Mill Kingston NGR: TR174500 WW Wiki tower mill derelict, tall.
N Keys Green Mill Kippings Cross NGR: TQ647397 WW tower mill, derelict 2 stories only remain
N Lenham Heath Lenham Heath NGR: TQ914496 WW smock mill.  base, now 2 story building.
8 Oare Mill Luddenham NGR: TR009625 WW  LB tower mill now a house
? Champion's Mill Lynsted NGR: TQ944613 WW  LB smock mill 'One storey with battlements crested by carved eagles'
Y Draper's Mill Margate NGR: TR363701 WW  LB
MO  Wiki
geograph
smock mill, restored, has sails
Y Meopham
Killicks mill
Meopham NGR: TQ639652 WW LB
MO Wiki
geograph
smock mill restored, has sails
? Meads Mill Milton Regis NGR: TQ900640 WW smock mill
N Newchurch Newchurch NGR: TR058313 WW tower mill, truncated to 2 stories
? Corn Mill Nonington NGR: TR250520 WW smock mill
4 New Mill Northbourne NGR: TR331521 WW  LB
geograph
Wiki
geograph
smock mill
no top or sails (2006)
? Thanet Mill Northwood NGR: TR370670 WW tower mill
? Copton Mill Ospringe NGR: TR014596 WW
geograph
tower mill drainage - (remains)
N Old Mill Preston next Wingham NGR: TR256610 WW smock mill. Single story base only
Y Ripple Ripple NGR: TR362490 WW LB
Wiki
geograph
smock mill  restored, has sails
Y Rolvenden Rolvenden NGR: TQ837316 WW
geograph
Wiki
post mill restored, has sails
Y Ringle Crouch Green Mill Sandhurst NGR: TQ804285 WW
geograph
Wiki
smock mill now a house, but can generate electricity
Has 5 sails.
Y White Mill Sandwich NGR: TR323587 WW
geograph
MO Wiki
smock mill Restored, has sails
Y Sarre Sarre NGR: TR260651 WW LB
geograph
MO  Wiki
smock mill  Restored, has sails
1 Great Mill Sheerness NGR: TQ921746 WW   Wiki smock mill, now a house. will have dummy sails. (May not yet be fitted)
N Sea View Mill Sheerness NGR: TQ924750 WW tower mill, single story stump
N Shorne Shorne NGR: TQ689713 WW post mill, not much remains.
? Sissinghurst Sissinghurst NGR: TQ790370 WW smock mill
N West Mill Smarden NGR: TQ879420 WW  LB post mill, not much remaining
Y St Margarets Bay St Margarets Bay NGR: TR363435 WW  LB
Wiki
smock mill Tower remains at least.
The last windmill built in Kent. According to Wiki has a top and sails
2 Stanford Stanford NGR: TR128378 WW LB
Wiki
tower mill, not restored, no sails
N Staplehurst Staplehurst NGR: TQ787430 WW smock mill, not much is thought to survive.
Y Davison's Mill Stelling Minnis NGR: TR146465 WW LB
MO Wiki
smock mill restored
N Stocks Green Stocks Green NGR: TQ558478 WW smock mill, not much remains
N Sutton Valence Sutton Valence NGR: TQ815493 WW smock mill now a 2 story house
N Cloke's Mill Waltham NGR: TR109488 WW smock mill, now single story building
? Dilnot's Mill Waltham NGR: TR110490 WW smock mill
N West Hougham West Hougham NGR: TR267403 WW smock mill, not much remaining
Y West Kingsdown West Kingsdown NGR: TQ582623 WW  LB
geograph
Wiki
smock mill, restored, has sails
Y Borstal Hill
Black Mill
Whitstable NGR: TR105652 WW  Wiki smock mill now a house, Dummy sails
N Feakins's Mill Whitstable NGR: TR110661 WW smock mill, now two story building.
N Stodmarsh Mill Wickhambreux NGR: TR233604 WW post mill, pumping mill -  poor condition
Y Willesborough
New Mill
Willesborough, Ashford NGR: TR032422 WW  LB
MO Wiki
details
smock mill restored, has sails
Y Stocks Mill Wittersham NGR: TQ913273 WW
geograph
MO  Wiki
post mill, restored, has sails
Y Lower Mill Woodchurch NGR: TQ943354 WW
geograph
MO Wiki
Own
smock mill, restored. has sails

Kent Windmill group:- http://kentwindmills.homestead.com/

Kent Windmill leaflet (pdf) http://kentwindmills.homestead.com/files/Leaflet/2008_Kent_Windmill_Leaflet.pdf

Wikipedia's list of windmills in Kent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_windmills_in_Kent (not checked against our list yet). Known Wiki articles are indexed above.


This list will continue to grow as we come across new places. REMEMBER if know of somewhere that you feel is a good place please let us know.

 


By: Keith Park Section: Windmill Section Key:
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