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Mount View Road, HERNE BAY, CT6 7DJ

This smock mill is open on Sundays in the summer.

Herne Mill sits at the top of the hill off Canterbury Road near to Herne Village, and can be seen from the A299 as it rounds the corner and approaches the turn-off for the A2990 (its older counterpart) and the A291 Canterbury Road. Whether it is still operational or not, however, is another question, as I have never seen it turning. The wind propeller, however, is evidently working, as the windmill was turned in the opposite direction when I last passed here. View taken from the A299 eastbound (towards Margate) looking east.

This magnificent smock mill is open to visitors in the summer season

This picture has been identified as Herne on account of the chimney on the adjacent house. It was taken by a lady from a very poor Northamptonshire family who, as a girl, was invited with her sister to seaside holidays in Dover by a relative (an uncle who had been blinded in WW1). We think she must have arrived at Herne by train, since the station is nearby. She was 18 years old in 1938. Herne Mill is a Kentish smock windmill dating from 1789. It is Grade I listed and is owned by Kent County Council and cared for by the Friends of Herne Mill. The latest in a long line of mills which have occupied the site for centuries, the windmill is a local landmark on the skyline above the ancient village of Herne in Kent. It can be seen from the A299 Thanet Way, which passes nearby; from the Thames Estuary where it is a ‘sea mark’ and from the countryside around. See http://www.herne-mill.btik.com/ and http://herne-mill.btck.co.uk/TheFriendsofHerneMill. The photo has been sent to the latter for inclusion on their website, which also gives a detailed history of the windmill. The photo has

The octagonal Herne Mill was probably built in 1789, a date which is carved into a post inside the mill. It is a Grade I listed building. https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101084984-herne-windmill-herne-and-broomfield#.W6eoYfZFw5s