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Horsey Windpump: The Drainage Mill That Keeps the Norfolk Broads Dry
Rebuilt in 1912, struck by lightning in 1943 and lovingly restored by the National Trust, Horsey Windpump tells the story of how wind power kept the Norfolk marshes habitable.
Heage Windmill: The Six-Sailed Stone Tower of Derbyshire
How a small gritstone tower on a Derbyshire hilltop became one of the rarest working windmills in England, turning six sails against the Pennine wind.
Sibsey Trader Mill: The Six-Sailed Giant of the Lincolnshire Fens
In the flat Fens north of Boston, a tarred brick tower carries six sails instead of four — the story of Sibsey Trader Mill, one of England's rarest working windmills.
Maud Foster Windmill: Seven Storeys and Five Sails over Boston
How a seven-storey brick tower with five sails, built beside a fenland drain in 1819, became one of the tallest working windmills in England.
Read more →Wimbledon Windmill: The Hollow-Post Mill That Became a Museum
On Wimbledon Common in south-west London stands a rare hollow-post mill that ground flour for barely half a century, sheltered families for a hundred years and now houses a museum of milling.
Read more →Brixton Windmill: The Tower Mill That Refused to Leave London
How a black-tarred tower mill built in 1816 survived the growth of London, lost its wind, found new engines, and came back to life as a working community landmark.
Read more →The Windmills of Nashtifan: Iran's Thousand-Year Machines That Still Turn
On a ridge above Nashtifan in eastern Iran, earthen windmills built on a design more than a thousand years old still turn when the summer wind arrives.
Read more →Mota del Cuervo: The Windmills on the Balcony of La Mancha
Seven whitewashed tower mills crown a hill above Mota del Cuervo in Cuenca province, a viewpoint so wide that locals call it the Balcony of La Mancha.
Read more →The Windmills of Consuegra: A Deep Dive into La Mancha's Most Famous Ridge
On a bare ridge above the Castilian town of Consuegra, a line of white tower mills has ground grain, inspired literature and defined a landscape.
Read more →De Otter: Amsterdam's Last Wind-Powered Sawmill
On the Kostverlorenvaart in Amsterdam-West stands De Otter, a paltrok sawmill from 1631 and one of the very last of its kind anywhere in the world.
Read more →De Valk in Leiden: Inside the Tower Mill That Became a City Museum
How a seven-storey grain mill on Leiden's old ramparts survived two centuries of work and reinvented itself as one of the finest windmill museums in the Netherlands.
Read more →Molen De Adriaan: The Haarlem Windmill That Refused to Disappear
How Haarlem lost its most famous windmill to fire in 1932 and spent seventy years bringing it back to the banks of the Spaarne.
Read more →De Nolet: The Giant of Schiedam and the Tallest Windmills on Earth
In Schiedam, home of the tallest classic windmills in the world, a modern giant called De Nolet rises above the skyline and turns wind into electricity for a legendary distillery.
Read more →De Gooyer in Amsterdam: A Deep Dive into the Tallest Wooden Windmill in the Netherlands
De Gooyer, the tallest wooden windmill in the Netherlands, has crossed Amsterdam more than once, lost its wind to a barracks and gained a brewery as a neighbour.
Read more →The Best Windmills to Visit for First-Timers
A windmill is only magic when it's turning. Here's how to choose one that actually works on the day you visit.
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