West Kingsdown Windmill
West Kingsdown Windmill is a Grade II listed smock mill in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, that was built in the early nineteenth century at Farningham and moved to West Kingsdown in 1880. It is the survivor of a pair of windmills.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Windmill
- Description: Grade II listed windmill in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Kingsdown Mill”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brands Hatch and West Kingsdown Library.
Brands Hatch
Sports venue
Photo: Whiters, Public domain.
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts many British and International racing events. Brands Hatch is situated 1½ miles north of West Kingsdown Windmill.
West Kingsdown Library
Library
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Kingsdown Library is situated 3,700 feet northwest of West Kingsdown Windmill.
Church of St Mary, Stansted
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary, Stansted is situated 1½ miles east of West Kingsdown Windmill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knatts Valley and East Hill.
Knatts Valley
Locality
Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knatts Valley is a hamlet in the civil parish of West Kingsdown, in the Sevenoaks district, in the county of Kent, England. It was originally a rural community consisting mainly of several smallholdings: the principal farms being Knatts Farm, giving its name to the area; and Maplescombe Farm.
East Hill
Village
East Hill is a hamlet in the civil parish of West Kingsdown, in the Sevenoaks District, in the county of Kent in England.
Ash
Village
Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ash is a small village and former civil parish located in the Sevenoaks district in Kent. It shares the parish of Ash-cum-Ridley with the nearby villages of Ridley and New Ash Green. Ash is situated 1½ miles northeast of West Kingsdown Windmill.
West Kingsdown Windmill
- Categories: smock mill and industry
- Location: West Kingsdown, Sevenoaks, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.33729° or 51° 20′ 14″ northLongitude
0.26972° or 0° 16′ 11″ eastOpen location code
9F3287P9+WVOpenStreetMap ID
node 3294740463OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=windmillWikidata ID
Q7985632
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