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Windmills to Visit in Kent Here are 10 windmills in Kent which are regularly open to the public. Eight of them maintained by Kent County Council. Chillenden Post mill built 1868 Wikipedia Herne Smock mill built 1789 Wikipedia Margate Drapers Mill Smock mill built 1845 Wikipedia Meopham Smock mill built 1821 Website Sandwich - White Mill Smock mill built c1760 Website Sarre Smock mill built 1820 Wikipedia Stelling Minnis Davison's Mill Smock mill built 1866 Wikipedia Willesborough, Ashford Smock Mill built 1869 Website Wittersham Post mill built c1781 Wikipedia Woodchurch Smock mill built 1820 Wikipedia Watermills in Kent <<- Crabble Mill, Dover Built 1812 Website   Swanton Mill, Mersham ->> NOT open to the Public (Privately Owned) Wikipedia BOOKS about Mills and Milling New Books: A huge selection of around 400 books are available from the Mills Archive Bookshop. Shire Books have books at reasonable prices by Martin Watts, a miller and millwright; you can find out more about them HERE Second-hand but worth looking for: Windmills in England and A Source Book of Windmills and Watermills by Rex Wailes Windmill World has an extensive list of Windmill books, both in and out of print. MORE Links to Related Sites The Mills Archive has over 600 items relating to the Union Mill at Cranbrook; an index of their holdings is HERE There is a lot more detailed historical information about mills in Kent to be found in articles onder the heading Kent Millers' Tales. Mills Section of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) Windmills on Wikipedia - history, evolution, types of mill, and machinery - with lots more links Wikipedia also lists Windmills in Kent and includes some which have been converted to houses and some where only part of the mill building has survived. Windmill World - Windmills (and watermills) from all over Why not combine a visit to the mill visit with one to Cranbrook Museum, also a member of the Wheels of Time scheme, and only a short walk away. Another member nearby, about a mile from Headcorn, is the Lashenden Air Warfare Museum.. For lots of other interesting places to visit in Kent, try the Visit Kent website.