In the mid-19th century there were more than 10,000 working windmills dotted around Britain. Today, that number has dwindled down to 40. Some of these machines have been transformed into quirky homes, ...

Piet Kempennar, the miller at De Kat, has been working with windmills for over 30 years. The grind stones in his windmill are made of granite and weigh 3,000kg each.

A windmill in Nottingham that dates back more than 200 years is to shut for a year for repairs to bring it back into full use. Green's Windmill, in Sneinton, was one of a few working, windmills that ...

Windmills use blades to gather wind that flows over it. Just like an airplane uses wings for lift, windmills use their blades for lift as well but in this case to turn the windmill. They are pretty ...