Clayton Windmills

The Clayton Windmills, known locally as Jack and Jill, stand on the South Downs above the village of Clayton, West Sussex, England. They comprise a post mill and a tower mill, and the roundhouse of a former post mill. All three are Grade II* listed buildings.

Photo: Sue Wallace, CC BY 2.0.

Type: Residential area
Description: windmill in Hassocks, Mid Sussex, England, UK
Also known as: “Jack & Jill Windmills”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St John the Baptist’s Church, Clayton and Church of the Transfiguration.

St John the Baptist’s Church, Clayton

Church

Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.

St John the Baptist's Church is the Church of England parish church of the village of Clayton in Mid Sussex District, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. St John the Baptist’s Church, Clayton is situated 2,400 feet northwest of Clayton Windmills.

Church of the Transfiguration

Church

Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Church of the Transfiguration is the Church of England parish church of the village of Pyecombe, in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. Church of the Transfiguration is situated 1 mile southwest of Clayton Windmills.

Wolstonbury Hill

Peak

Photo: Cupcakekid, CC BY 2.5.

Wolstonbury Hill is a 58.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of in West Sussex, within South Downs National Park. It is owned by the National Trust and part of it is a Scheduled Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clayton and Hassocks.

Clayton

Village

Photo: Cupcakekid, CC BY 2.5.

Clayton is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hassocks, in the Mid Sussex district, in the county of West Sussex, England. It lies at the foot of the South Downs, 41 miles south of London, 6 miles north of Brighton, and 28 miles east northeast of the county town of Chichester.

Hassocks

Village

Photo: Hassocks5489, Public domain.

Hassocks is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. Its name is believed to derive from the tufts of grass found in the surrounding fields.

Keymer

Village

Photo: Paste, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Keymer is a village in the civil parish of Hassocks, in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2116 road 2.4 miles south of Burgess Hill.

Clayton Windmills

Category: windmill
Location: Pyecombe, Mid Sussex District, West Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.90512° or 50° 54′ 18″ north

Longitude

-0.14749° or 0° 8′ 51″ west

Open location code

9C2XWV43+22

OpenStreetMap ID

way 782709303

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

Wikidata ID

Q5130365

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In Other Languages

“Clayton Windmills” goes by many names.

Japanese: “クレイトン風車”

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Highlights include Jill Windmill and Jack Windmill.

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