Hough Windmill

#3693 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Hough windmill, Swannington, Leicestershire is a tower windmill built in the late 18th century on the boundary between Swannington, Leicestershire and Thringstone. The mill served a coal mining community, the structure is surrounded by the remains of ancient shallow coal mines and local maps show many footpaths, -tracks made by the miners who walked between them. The mill and surrounding area is owned by the Swannington Heritage Trust. ()

Coordinates: 52°44'60"N, 1°23'36"W

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Hough Windmill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Snibston, Mount St Bernard Abbey, Ashby de la Zouch Castle, Ibstock Community College.

1.7 miS
Museum, Science museum, Fashion museum
Snibston, Coalville
44 min walk • Snibston is an area east of Ravenstone, north west Leicestershire, in the English Midlands. Originally rural, part of Snibston was transformed into a coal mining village by the opening of coal mines by the Snibston Colliery Company in the early 1830s.
3 miE
Historical place, Church, Monastery
Mount St Bernard Abbey, Coalville
78 min walk • Mount St Bernard Abbey is a Roman Catholic, Trappist monastery near Coalville, Leicestershire, England, founded in 1835 in the parish of Whitwick and now in that of Charley.
3 miW
Historical place, Forts and castles
Ashby de la Zouch Castle, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
78 min walk • Ashby de la Zouch Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. The castle was built by William, Lord Hastings, a favourite of Edward IV, after 1473, accompanied by the creation of a 3,000-acre park.
4.2 miS
Watersports, Swimming pool, Swimming
Ibstock Community College, Ibstock
108 min walk • Ibstock Community College is a middle school with academy status in the village of Ibstock in Leicestershire, England.
3.9 miN
Church
Church of St Mary and St Hardulph
100 min walk • The Priory Church of St Mary and St Hardulph is the Church of England parish church of Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, England. The church has also been known as Breedon Priory and as the Holy Hill Monastery.
3.1 miW
Church
St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
79 min walk • St Helen's Church is the Anglican parish church of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the deanery of North West Leicestershire and the Diocese of Leicester.
2 miSE
Dancing, Nightlife
The Emporium, Coalville
51 min walk • The Emporium is a club located in Coalville, Leicestershire established under that name in 1995. Passion was launched in 1995 by the then club owners Mark Walsh and Eric Schofield, when the club was known as Crystals.
3.2 miW
Museum
Ashby de la Zouch Museum, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
82 min walk • The Ashby-de-la-Zouch Museum is a museum in the Leicestershire town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The primary aim of the museum is to educate the public about the history of the town. The museum also has a number of temporary exhibitions.
2.8 miS
Museum, History museum
Donington le Heath Manor House Museum, Coalville
72 min walk • Donington le Heath Manor House Museum, now 'The 1620s House and Garden at Donington le Heath' is a surviving example of a manor house built over seven hundred years ago in Donington le Heath, near the town of Coalville, Leicestershire.
1.7 miNE
Monastery, Historical place, View point
Grace Dieu Priory
44 min walk • The Grace Dieu Priory was an independent Augustinian priory near Thringstone in Leicestershire, England. It was founded around 1235-1241 by Roesia de Verdun and dissolved in October 1538. It was dedicated to the Holy Trinity and St Mary.
4.1 miW
Church
St. James
104 min walk • St James’ Church, Smisby is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Smisby, Derbyshire.