Hough Windmill
Hough Windmill is a tower windmill in Swannington, Leicestershire, England built in the late 18th century on the boundary with the village of Thringstone.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: windmill in Swannington, Leicestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Hough Tower Mill”, “Hough’s Smock Mill”, “Smock Mill”, and “Thringstone Smock Mill”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St George and St John Chapel.
Church of St George
Church
Photo: Ian Calderwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St George is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Hough Windmill.
St John Chapel
Church
Photo: Michael Patterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John Chapel is a church, which is situated 4,100 feet west of Hough Windmill.
Church of St Andrew
Church
Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
Church of St Andrew is situated 1 mile east of Hough Windmill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peggs Green and Coleorton.
Peggs Green
Village
Peggs Green is a hamlet within the parish of Coleorton, Leicestershire. For many years it had formed part of the civil parish of Thringstone, until this was dissolved in 1936.
Coleorton
Village
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coleorton is a village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England. It is situated on the A512 road approximately 2 miles east of Ashby de la Zouch.
Swannington
Village
Photo: Ian Calderwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swannington is a former mining village in North West Leicestershire, England. A document of 1520 mentions five pits at Swannington. In the mid 18th century, the mines were owned and expanded by Gabriel Holland.
Hough Windmill
- Categories: tower mill and tourism
- Location: Coleorton, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.74993° or 52° 44′ 60″ northLongitude
-1.39343° or 1° 23′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C4WPJX4+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1350142666OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5912870
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Swannington Church of England Primary School and Viscount Beaumont’s Church of England Primary School.
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