Pitstone Windmill
Pitstone Windmill is a Grade II* listed windmill in England. It is thought to have been built in the early 17th century, and stands in the northeastern corner of a large field near the parish boundary of Ivinghoe and Pitstone in Buckinghamshire.Photo: Paul Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ivinghoe Beacon and Pitstone Hill.
Ivinghoe Beacon
Archaeological site
Photo: Pointillist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ivinghoe Beacon is a prominent hill and landmark in Buckinghamshire, England, 233 m above sea level in the Chiltern Hills, close to Ivinghoe and Aldbury. Dunstable, Berkhamsted and Tring are nearby. Ivinghoe Beacon is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Pitstone Windmill.
Pitstone Hill
Peak
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pitstone Hill is a 22.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Importance east of Pitstone in Buckinghamshire. It is in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is crossed by the Ridgeway National Trail.
College Lake nature reserve
Nature reserve
College Lake is a 65 hectare nature reserve in a former chalk quarry in Pitstone in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire. It is one of the flagship reserves of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, and it has an information centre, education facilities, a café, toilets and a shop.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cooks Wharf and Barley End.
Cooks Wharf
Hamlet
Cooks Wharf is a hamlet in the parish of Cheddington, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located where the main road into Cheddington from Pitstone crosses the Grand Union Canal.
Barley End
Locality
Barley End is a hamlet within the parish of Pitstone in Buckinghamshire, England.
Aldbury
Village
Photo: Chuunen Baka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aldbury is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. It lies near to the borders of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, in the Bulbourne valley of the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Aldbury is situated 2½ miles southeast of Pitstone Windmill.
Pitstone Windmill
- Type: Windmill
- Description: post mill in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Categories: post mill, historic site, and industry
- Location: Ivinghoe, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.83176° or 51° 49′ 54″ northLongitude
-0.62989° or 0° 37′ 48″ westOpen location code
9C3XR9JC+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 27732485OpenStreetMap feature
historic=windmillOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=windmillWikidata ID
Q7199059
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Serbian—“Pitstone Windmill” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “皮特斯通风车”
- Italian: “Mulino a vento di Pitstone”
- Serbian: “Питстонска ветрењача”
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Highlights include Ivinghoe Library and Ivinghoe Post Office.
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