Shirley Windmill
One of the places to visit in Croydon is Shirley Windmill, a historic site. There are 10 other places to visit inside 5 km. The Friends of Shirley Windmill operates it.
Historic site in Croydon
Inside Croydon
Shirley Windmill is inside Croydon’s built-up area, with 10 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.
Seasons and weather
Afternoons in Croydon reach 17–23°C from May to September.
Shirley Windmill
The pick nearby is Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry, 6.1 km off.
- Type
- Historic site
- Run by
- The Friends of Shirley Windmill
- Town
- in Croydon
- Official site
- shirleywindmill.org.uk
The way to Shirley Windmill
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Shirley Windmill is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Croydon’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns near Shirley Windmill
Of these 3 towns, the largest is Croydon (389,242 people). All of these towns include it on their pages.
Combine it with these
The 137 places within 15 km include 6 museums, an art gallery and a palace.
MuseumCrystal Palace High Level Station Entry6.1 km away2MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich13 km away3
Big drawMuseumNational Maritime Museum13 km away · 2.4M visitors a year4
MuseumCutty Sark13 km away5
MuseumImperial War Museum London15 km away · 321K visitors a year (2021)6
Big drawArt galleryTate Britain14 km away · 525K visitors a year (2021)7
MuseumQueen's House13 km away8PalacePalaceLambeth Palace15 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Shirley Windmill, answered
Where is Shirley Windmill?
Shirley Windmill is in Croydon, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Shirley Windmill?
Historic site.
Who runs Shirley Windmill?
The Friends of Shirley Windmill.
When is the best time to visit Shirley Windmill?
May to September are the warmest months in Croydon, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Shirley Windmill?
Within 15 km: Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry (6.1 km), Royal Observatory Greenwich (13 km), National Maritime Museum (13 km) and Cutty Sark (13 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 (6)
- Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry: Dickinson Brothers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- National Maritime Museum: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cutty Sark: Krzysztof Belczyński from Warsaw, POLAND, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Imperial War Museum London: Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate Britain: Carlos Cunha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Queen's House: Vladimír Procházka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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