West Kingsdown Windmill, Kent Downs

#23 among attractions in Kent Downs

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West Kingsdown Windmill is a Grade II listed smock mill in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, that was built in the early nineteenth century at Farningham and moved to West Kingsdown in 1880. It is the survivor of a pair of windmills. ()

Coordinates: 51°20'14"N, 0°16'11"E

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West KingsdownKent Downs United Kingdom

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West Kingsdown Windmill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lullingstone Castle, Coldrum Long Barrow, Eynsford Castle, Lullingstone Roman Villa.

3.5 miNW
Museum, History museum
Lullingstone Castle
89 min walk • Nestled in the idyllic Kent countryside, Lullingstone Castle is a hidden gem steeped in history and charm. This remarkable estate, with its origins dating back to the time of the Domesday Book, has been the family seat of the Hart Dyke family for over 20 generations.
4.6 miE
Ruins, Sacred and religious sites, Historical place
Coldrum Long Barrow, West Malling
117 min walk • The Coldrum Long Barrow, also known as the Coldrum Stones and the Adscombe Stones, is a chambered long barrow located near the village of Trottiscliffe in the south-eastern English county of Kent. Probably constructed in the fourth millennium BCE, during Britain's Early Neolithic period, today it survives only in a state of ruin.
3.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Eynsford Castle, Dartford
86 min walk • Eynsford Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in Eynsford, Kent. Built on the site of an earlier Anglo-Saxon stone burh, the castle was constructed by William de Enysford, probably between 1085 and 1087, to protect the lands of Lanfranc, the Archbishop of Canterbury, from Odo, the Bishop of Bayeux.
3.7 miNW
History museum, Museum, Historical place
Lullingstone Roman Villa, Sevenoaks
94 min walk • Lullingstone Roman Villa is a villa built during the Roman occupation of Britain, situated in Lullingstone near the village of Eynsford in Kent, south eastern England.
3.8 miSW
Palace
Otford Palace
98 min walk • Otford Palace, also known as the Archbishop's Palace, is in Otford, an English village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent. The village is located on the River Darent, flowing north down its valley from its source on the North Downs. The King of Mercia, Offa, fought the Kentish Saxons in 776 at the Battle of Otford.
4 miW
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Shoreham Aircraft Museum, Shoreham
102 min walk • The Shoreham Aircraft Museum is located in the village of Shoreham near Sevenoaks in Kent, England, on the south-east edge of Greater London.
4 miS
Archaeological site
Oldbury Camp, Kent Downs
102 min walk • Oldbury Camp is the largest Iron Age hill fort in south-eastern England. It was built in the 1st century BC by Celtic British tribes on a hilltop west of Ightham, Kent, in a strategic location overlooking routes through the Kentish Weald.
4 miNE
Windmill
Killick's Mill, Meopham
102 min walk • Killick's Mill is a Grade II* listed Smock mill in Meopham, Kent, England that was built in 1801 and which has been restored.
3.3 miW
Park
Fackenden Down, Kent Downs
84 min walk • Fackenden Down is a 14-hectare nature reserve north of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust.
4.7 miW
Park
Polhill Bank, Kent Downs
120 min walk • Polhill Bank is a 4-hectare nature reserve south of Shoreham, which is north of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust. It is in Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This chalk grassland site is on a south-east slope.
2.7 miSW
Park
Kemsing Down, Kemsing
68 min walk • Kemsing Down is a 16-hectare nature reserve north of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust. It is in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Habitats in this downland site include ancient and secondary woodland, scrub and chalk grassland.