Davison's Mill

#3507 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Windmill, History museum, Historical place, Museum

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Davison's Mill, also known as Stelling Minnis Windmill, is a Grade I listed smock mill in Stelling Minnis, Kent, England that was built in 1866. It was the last windmill working commercially in Kent when it closed in the autumn of 1970. ()

Built: 1866 (158 years ago)Coordinates: 51°10'43"N, 1°4'16"E

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Mill LaneStelling Minnis CT4 6AF EnglandUnited Kingdom

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Davison's Mill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stour Valley Walk, Chilham Castle, Swingfield Preceptory, Cheriton Hill.

4.7 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Stour Valley Walk
121 min walk • The Stour Valley Walk is a recreational walking route that follows the River Stour, through the Low Weald and Kent Downs, from its source at Lenham to its estuary at Pegwell Bay.
6.6 miNW
Forts and castles
Chilham Castle
168 min walk • Chilham Castle is a Jacobean manor house and keep in the village of Chilham, between Ashford and Canterbury in the county of Kent, England. The keep is of Norman origin and dates to 1174; manor house was completed in 1616 for Sir Dudley Digges.
5.5 miE
Monastery
Swingfield Preceptory, Kent Downs
140 min walk • Swingfield Preceptory was a priory about 5 miles north of Folkestone, Kent on the south coast of England.
5.3 miSE
Hill
Cheriton Hill, Kent Downs
136 min walk • Cheriton Hill is a hill overlooking the English Channel near Folkestone in the south-east corner of Kent, England. The relatively low-lying hill is covered with farmland, villages, narrow lanes, and footpaths.
3.1 miE
Park
Jumping Downs, Kent Downs
79 min walk • Jumping Downs is a 5.7-hectare Local Nature Reserve near Aylesham, between Canterbury and Dover in Kent. It is owned by the Jumping Downs Trust and managed by the Trust and the Kentish Stour Community Partnership.
1.6 miSW
Park
Spong Wood, Kent Downs
41 min walk • Spong Wood is a 18-hectare nature reserve west of Stelling Minnis in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust. Common trees in this coppiced wood include sweet chestnut, oak, hornbeam and hazel. Orchids can be found on the high slopes and ramsons lower down. There is access by footpaths to its western corner.
2.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Elham Valley
63 min walk • The Elham Valley is a chalk valley carved by the River Nailbourne situated in the North Downs in East Kent. The valley is named after the settlement of Elham.
3.7 miS
Park
Farthing Common
96 min walk • Farthing Common is an area of common land about 10 km northwest of Folkestone in East Kent. It is one of the highest points of the North Downs at 185 metres above sea level, and was the junction of the ancient trackway along the Downs from Folkestone, with the Roman road between Lympne and Canterbury.
5.6 miW
Park
Olantigh, Kent Downs
142 min walk • Olantigh is a house 1 mile north of Wye in Kent, southeast England. It includes a garden of 20 acres. The hamlet in which the property stands is Little Olantigh.
3.7 miS
Monastery
Lyminge Abbey, Lyminge
94 min walk • Lyminge Abbey was an abbey about four miles northwest of Folkestone on the south coast of Kent. It was one of the first religious houses to be founded in England.
4.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Denge Wood
109 min walk • Denge Wood is a wood located 8 miles southwest of Canterbury in Kent, England. The wood is owned by the Forestry Commission and the Woodland Trust. Part of the wood is also privately owned.