Search historic windmill sites in Great Britain
Search historic windmill sites across England, Scotland and Wales by keyword, filter, or both. You can also explore nearby sites using Windmills near me.
About HAAbase Windmills
HAAbase Windmills is a research-led register of historic windmill sites across Great Britain, covering England, Scotland and Wales. It includes surviving mills, partial remains, converted structures, ruins, and site-only records where the location or history of a former windmill can be established.
The project focuses on recording what survives today, bringing together location data, mapping, photography, and description to document each mill’s form, condition, setting, and relationship to the surrounding landscape.
Windmills were once an important part of rural life across Great Britain, supporting milling, drainage, agriculture, and local industry. Although many have been demolished, converted, or reduced to fragments, their sites remain important evidence of rural development, local production, and historic wind power.
You can also browse the register by country and region.