Rayleigh Windmill

Rayleigh Windmill is a grade II listed Tower mill at Rayleigh, Essex, England which has been restored as a landmark and is used as a museum.

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Type: Tourist attraction
Description: Grade II listed windmill in Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK
Also known as: “Rayleigh Mill”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rayleigh Castle and Rayleigh railway station.

Rayleigh Castle

Scenic viewpoint

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Rayleigh Castle was a masonry and timber castle built in the town of Rayleigh in Essex, England in the 11th century shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066. All that exists today are the earthwork remains of its large motte-and-bailey. Rayleigh Castle is situated 490 feet west of Rayleigh Windmill.

Rayleigh railway station

Railway station

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Rayleigh railway station is on the Shenfield to Southend Line in the East of England, serving the town of Rayleigh, in Essex. It lies 33 miles 9 chains down the line from London Liverpool Street, and is situated between Wickford to the west and Hockley to the east. Rayleigh railway station is situated 1,400 feet west of Rayleigh Windmill.

The Crown Public House

Pub

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The Crown Public House is situated 820 feet south of Rayleigh Windmill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rayleigh and Hadleigh.

Rayleigh

Town

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Rayleigh is a market town and civil parish in the Rochford District, Essex, England. It lies between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea, 32 miles east of central London. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 32,248 and the built-up area had 32,380.

Hadleigh

Town

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Hadleigh is a town in the borough of Castle Point, in the south-east of Essex, England. It lies on the A13 road between Thundersley, Benfleet and Leigh-on-Sea. The A127 'Southend Arterial Road' bypasses the town to the north. Hadleigh is situated 2½ miles south of Rayleigh Windmill.

North Benfleet

Village

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North Benfleet is a village in the civil parish of Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet, in the Borough of Basildon in Essex, England. It is located between the towns of Basildon to the west and South Benfleet to the east. North Benfleet is situated 2½ miles west of Rayleigh Windmill.

Rayleigh Windmill

Categories: windmill, building, tourism, historic site, and monument
Location: Rayleigh, Rochford District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.58838° or 51° 35′ 18″ north

Longitude

0.60621° or 0° 36′ 22″ east

Wheelchair access

limited

Open location code

9F32HJQ4+9F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 154387065

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=windmill

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q7298483

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Highlights include Sensory Garden and Mill Hall.

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