St Margaret's Bay Windmill, St Margaret's at Cliffe

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St Margaret's Bay Windmill is a Grade II listed Smock mill on South Foreland, the southeasternmost point of England. It was built in 1929 to generate electricity for the attached house, high on the White Cliffs of Dover. ()

Built: 1929 (95 years ago)Coordinates: 51°8'32"N, 1°22'35"E

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St Margaret's Bay Windmill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dover Castle, South Foreland Lighthouse, St Mary in Castro, Dover Patrol Monument.

2.5 miW
Museum, Forts and castles, Historical place
Dover Castle, Dover
64 min walk • Dover Castle, perched atop the iconic white cliffs of Dover, is a monumental testament to medieval architecture and English heritage. As one of the largest castles in England, it has been strategically significant since its initial construction in the 11th century.
~1360 ftSW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
South Foreland Lighthouse, Dover
7 min walk • South Foreland Lighthouses are a pair of Victorian lighthouses on the South Foreland in St. Margaret's Bay, Dover, Kent, England, used to warn ships approaching the nearby Goodwin Sands. There has been a pair of lighthouses at South Foreland since at least the 1630s.
2.5 miSW
Church, Romanesque architecture
St Mary in Castro, Dover
64 min walk • St Mary sub Castro, or St Mary de Castro, often incorrectly "St Mary in Castro", is a church in the grounds of Dover Castle, Kent, south-east England. It is a heavily restored Saxon structure, built next to a Roman lighthouse which became the church bell-tower.
1.2 miNE
Memorial
Dover Patrol Monument
32 min walk • The Dover Patrol Monuments are a trio of war memorials designed by Sir Aston Webb to commemorate the Royal Navy's Dover Patrol of the First World War.
3 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Mary's Church, Dover
76 min walk • The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II* listed Anglican church, a parish church in Dover, Kent, and is situated on Cannon Street in the town centre. There was a church on this site in Saxon times. It was largely rebuilt in the 19th century.
2.8 miSW
Church
St James' Church, Dover
71 min walk • St James' Church is a ruined church in Dover, England. It was built in the 11th century and restored in the 19th century. Badly damaged in the Second World War, it is now preserved as a Grade II listed building.
3 miSW
Museum, History museum, Town
Dover Museum, Dover
77 min walk • Dover Museum is a museum in Dover, Kent, in south-east England.
3.1 miW
51°7'47"N • 1°18'24"E
Charlton Shopping Centre, Dover
81 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
3 miSW
Ship
Dover Bronze Age Boat, Dover
77 min walk • The Dover Bronze Age boat is one of fewer than 20 Bronze Age boats so far found in Britain. It dates to 1575–1520 BC, which may make it one of the oldest substantially intact boat in the world – though much older ships exist, such as the Khufu ship from 2500 BC.
3.1 miW
Church
St Edmund's Chapel, Dover
79 min walk • St Edmund's Chapel is a church in Dover, England, dedicated to St Edmund. It was completed in 1262 as a wayside chapel or chapel of rest for the cemetery for the poor beside the Maison Dieu, just outside the enclosed part of the medieval town, a short distance above Biggin Gate...
3.2 miW
Monastery
Dover Priory, Dover
82 min walk • The Priory of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Martin of the New Work, or Newark, commonly called Dover Priory, was a priory at Dover in southeast England. It was variously independent in rule, then occupied by canons regular of the Augustinian rule, then finally monks of the Benedictine rule as a cell of Christchurch Monastery, Canterbury.