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Photo of Whissendine Windmill, a windmill in Rutland, central England.

© Tim Heaton / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Whissendine Windmill

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Built in 1809, Whissendine Windmill is a tall ironstone tower mill above the village, one of very few 19th-century windmills in England still milling. It stood idle after gale damage in the 1920s until Nigel Moon bought and restored it from 1995, and by 2009 it was grinding on wind power again. Four pairs of stones turn out organic stoneground flour, sold at the mill, and visitors are welcome when the sails are working.

More places to visit near Whissendine Windmill

Photo along the Leicestershire Round, a 100-mile long-distance path in central England.

Leicestershire Round

Long-distance path

A hundred miles around Leicester, devised for the Footpath Association's hundredth year — Charnwood, Burrough Hill and Bosworth on the circuit.

5.2 km W · Leicestershire & Rutland

Photo of Burrough Hill Country Park, a country park near Burrough on the Hill, Leicestershire, central England.Highlight

Burrough Hill Country Park

Country park near Burrough on the Hill

A country park in Leicestershire.

6 km W

Photo of Rocks by Rail, a visitor attraction near Cottesmore, Rutland, central England.Highlight

Rocks by Rail

Attraction near Cottesmore

A living ironstone-quarry railway museum near Cottesmore, with working steam and diesel locomotives over 19 acres.

6.3 km E

Photo of Oakham, a village in Rutland, central England.Highlight

Oakham

Village

Rutland's county town, where a Norman great hall keeps a wall of 200-odd ceremonial horseshoes forfeited by visiting peers.

6.4 km SE · Rutland

Photo of Rutland County Museum, a visitor attraction near Oakham, Rutland, central England.Highlight

Rutland County Museum

Attraction near Oakham

Oakham's free museum of rural life, from an ice-age bison horn to farm wagons, in a Georgian riding school.

6.9 km SE

Photo along the Viking Way, a 147-mile long-distance path running from Barton-upon-Humber to Oakham, central England.

Viking Way

Long-distance path

Through the old Danelaw from the Humber Bridge, over the Lincolnshire Wolds and along the limestone Edge to Rutland Water.

8.6 km NE · Lincolnshire, Rutland & Leicestershire