Windmills in East SussexEast Sussex, England

8 windmills in the Albion Guide across East Sussex — see the full windmills directory, or everything to explore in East Sussex.

Beacon Mill, Rottingdean

A black-tarred smock mill on the cliff-top down above Rottingdean, long the village emblem.

Rottingdean

Largest post mill in Sussex, lottery-restored above Herstmonceux with its roundhouse, sweeps and machinery rebuilt.

Herstmonceux

White smock mill on Chailey Common, restored as a landmark and holding a small rural-life collection on summer days.

North Chailey

Britain's only working open-trestle post mill, restored on the edge of Ashdown Forest and still turning on open days.

Nutley

Brick tower mill restored to working order, grinding flour again on open days near the Pevensey Levels.

Stone Cross

An unusual hexagonal smock mill rising from tiered barns in Hove, painted by Constable in the 1820s. Run as a small museum, open on selected Sundays.

Hove

Grade II*-listed post mill on a two-storey roundhouse, one of the highest-sited windmills in Sussex, now largely private.

Cross-in-Hand

Post mill near Mayfield, under long restoration and opened to visitors on selected days through the year.

Mayfield