Quainton Windmill
Quainton Windmill is a historic windmill in the village of Quainton, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. The 70 ft six-storey brick tower mill, built 1830–32, is one of the most visible buildings in the village.Photo: Cameraman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross and Quainton Road railway station.
Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross
Church
Photo: mym, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross is situated 1,100 feet east of Quainton Windmill.
Quainton Road railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ravenseft, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
Quainton Road railway station served the area of Quainton, in Buckinghamshire, England; it is sited 44 miles from London. Built by the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway, it was the result of pressure from the 3rd Duke of Buckingham to route the railway near his home at Wotton House and to open a railway station at the nearest point to it. Quainton Road railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of Quainton Windmill.
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
Museum
Photo: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a railway museum operated by the Quainton Railway Society Ltd. at Quainton Road railway station, about 5 miles west of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is situated 1 mile southwest of Quainton Windmill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waddesdon and Oving.
Waddesdon
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waddesdon is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, 6 miles west-north-west of Aylesbury on the A41 road. The village also includes the hamlets of Eythrope and Wormstone. Waddesdon is situated 2 miles south of Quainton Windmill.
Oving
Village
Photo: Virginia Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oving is a village and also a civil parish within the Aylesbury Vale area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is located about three and a half miles north east of Waddesdon, four miles south of Winslow. Oving is situated 2½ miles east of Quainton Windmill.
Westcott
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westcott is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England, about 1 mile west of Waddesdon. The toponym is derived from the Old English for "west cottage". Westcott is situated 2½ miles southwest of Quainton Windmill.
Quainton Windmill
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Historic windmill in Quainton, England
- Categories: windmill and tourism
- Location: Quainton, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.87559° or 51° 52′ 32″ northLongitude
-0.91676° or 0° 55′ 0″ westOpen location code
9C3XV3GM+67OpenStreetMap ID
node 1601517309OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=windmillOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7268517
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