Windmills of London

Surviving windmills

#	photo	id	name	location	geo	type	condition	photos
1		#2594	Barnet Gate Mill	ArkleyGreater LondonUKArkley	NGR: TQ217953 (51.64319,-0.2422) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Google Map + Virtual Earth	tower mill	well maintained external appearance, with 4 sails	4
2		#2617	Ashby's Mill	BrixtonGreater LondonUKBrixton	NGR: TQ304744 (51.45321,-0.1238) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Google Map + Virtual Earth	tower mill	Has been conserved, but currently on the English Heritage "Buildings At Risk" register (2002) due to deteriorating condition. A Friends of Windmill Park group has recently formed (Spring 2003) with an objective of restoring the mill and surrounding park again. Awarded a £400,000 Lottery grand towards restoration in March 2010.	274
3		#2618	.	ClerkenwellGreater LondonUKClerkenwell	NGR: TQ312827 (51.52850,-0.1094) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Google Map + Virtual Earth	tower mill	truncated tower, within the waterworks site	0
4		#2643	.	ErithGreater LondonUKErith	NGR: TQ502772 (51.47365,0.16051) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Google Map + Virtual Earth	post mill	all that survives is part of the roundhouse wall, incorporated into a general boundary wall.	1
5		#2634	.	Keston - London Borough of BromleyGreater LondonUKKeston - London Borough of Bromley	NGR: TQ415641 (51.35769,0.03154) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Google Map + Virtual Earth	post mill	conserved	17
6		#2612	.	Mitcham CommonGreater LondonUKMitcham Common	NGR: TQ292678 (51.39502,-0.1450) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Google Map + Virtual Earth	Hollow-post	bare trestle remains, deteriorating rapidly	2
7		#2638	Common Mill	PlumsteadGreater LondonUKPlumstead	NGR: TQ448779 (51.48171,0.08410) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Google Map + Virtual Earth	tower mill	converted, providing accomodation above the Old Mill pub.	0
8		#2624	.	Shirley - London Borough of CroydonGreater LondonUKShirley - London Borough of Croydon	NGR: TQ355651 (51.36887,-0.0548) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Google Map + Virtual Earth	tower mill	restored and open to the public	125
9	no image	#2583	Crane Park Mill	TwickenhamGreater LondonUKTwickenham	NGR: TQ129729 (51.44333,-0.3770) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Google Map + Virtual Earth	windmill like tower	Uncertain if this was ever a windmill - most research suggests it was not	5
10		#2653	.	UpminsterGreater LondonUKUpminster	NGR: TQ557868 (51.55790,0.24507) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Google Map + Virtual Earth	smock mill	undergoing restoration	204
11		#2606	Common Mill	WandsworthGreater LondonUKWandsworth	NGR: TQ268745 (51.45499,-0.1763) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Google Map + Virtual Earth	smock mill	small mill, for pumping - no sails remaining	23
12		#2598	.	WimbledonGreater LondonUKWimbledon	NGR: TQ230725 (51.43762,-0.2316) OS map + aerial, Google Maps Aerial - Google Map + Virtual Earth	hollow post mill	much altered - houses a milling museum	449
13	no image	#x2	Dalston Mill	Hackney	(51.54656,-0.0741) Google Maps Aerial - Google Map + Virtual Earth	vertical axis mill, constructed from scaffolding poles, as an art project	only temporary, dismantled after a few weeks	80

Historical locations

Battersea (#extra4)

Hoopers Mill: vertical axis mill

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Battersea

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Blackheath

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Bromley by Bow

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Camberwell

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Camberwell

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This tower mill stood very close to St George's church, on the south bank of the Surrey Canal. This illustration comes from "The Mirror of literature, amusment and instruction", a regular newsletter from Saturday, March 32, 1827.