Holgate Windmill
You can find Holgate Windmill, an attraction, in York. Add any of 40 more places within 5 km to a visit. A drive of 2 km reaches York Minster.
Attraction in York
Inside York
Holgate Windmill is inside York’s built-up area, with 40 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The year in York
The warmest afternoons in York run June to September, at 18–22°C.
Holgate Windmill
Attraction.
In York, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Attraction
- Town
- in York
- Official site
- holgatewindmill.org
Where Holgate Windmill is
Orange: Holgate Windmill.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is York’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where to base yourself
York is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (141,696 people). Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
York
Nether Poppleton
Upper Poppleton
Bishopthorpe
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Holgate Windmill is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| York | It’s in town | 141,696 | 46 |
| Nether Poppleton | 2 km northwest of it | 727 | 38 |
| Upper Poppleton | 2.5 km northwest of it | 3,520 | 37 |
| Bishopthorpe | 3.3 km south of it | 3,333 | 40 |
| Huntington | 3.7 km northeast of it | 12,420 | 44 |
| Heslington | 3.9 km east of it | 1,787 | 41 |
| Rufforth | 3.9 km west of it | 652 | 5 |
| Copmanthorpe | 4.1 km south of it | 3,671 | 9 |
Also near Holgate Windmill
A visit can add 4 museums, a church and a castle, from 53 places within 15 km.
ChurchYork Minster2 km away2MuseumBig drawMuseumNational Railway Museum1 km away · 808K visitors a year3
Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower2 km away4
MuseumYorkshire Museum1.7 km away · 164K visitors a year (2019)5
MuseumYork Castle Museum2.1 km away · 284K visitors a year (2013)6
FortYork city walls2 km away7
Art galleryYork Art Gallery1.8 km away8
MuseumJorvik Viking Centre2 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Holgate Windmill: the answers
Where is Holgate Windmill?
Holgate Windmill is in York, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Holgate Windmill?
Attraction.
When is the best time to visit Holgate Windmill?
June to September are the warmest months in York, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Holgate Windmill?
Within 15 km: York Minster (2 km), National Railway Museum (1 km), Clifford's Tower (2 km) and Yorkshire Museum (1.7 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- York Minster: MatzeTrier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifford's Tower: Francis Place (1647-1728), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yorkshire Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York Castle Museum: Jitka Erbenová (cheva), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York city walls: Jhsteel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York Art Gallery: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jorvik Viking Centre: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
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