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Finchingfield Post Mill

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The oldest windmill in Essex, built about 1756 and the last of seven that once stood around Finchingfield. The white weatherboarded post mill overlooks the village green and its duck pond, and is now owned by Essex County Council. It opens on summer open days, usually the third Sunday afternoon from April to September.

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Photo of Finchingfield, a village in Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Finchingfield

Village

Said to be the most photographed village in Essex, a sweep of pastel cottages and a duck pond below a green topped by a surviving post mill.

0.4 km E · Essex

Photo of Thaxted, a village in Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Thaxted

Village

One of England's best-preserved small towns, its medieval and Georgian houses climbing to a hilltop church and a restored guildhall, with a windmill on the edge.

7.3 km W · Essex

Photo of John Webb's Windmill, a windmill near Thaxted, Essex, eastern England.

John Webb's Windmill

Windmill near Thaxted

A Grade II* tower mill of 1804 on the edge of Thaxted, restored with its cap and sails and open on summer weekends.

7.7 km W

Photo of Hedingham Castle, a ruined castle near Castle Hedingham, Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Hedingham Castle

Castle near Castle Hedingham

Tall, well-preserved Norman keep with banqueting hall.

10.7 km E

Photo of Castle Hedingham, a village in Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Castle Hedingham

Village

A Colne Valley village of painted timber houses and two old inns clustered below its Norman keep.

10.7 km E · Essex

Photo of Prior's Hall Barn, Widdington, a landmark near Saffron Walden, Essex, eastern England.

Prior's Hall Barn, Widdington

Landmark near Saffron Walden

Aisled oak barn of the mid-1400s at Widdington, among the finest medieval barns in the east of England, under a crown-post roof.

14.6 km W