Broad Eye Windmill | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Windmill |
Town or city | Stafford, Staffordshire, West Midlands |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 52°48′26″N 2°07′22″W / 52.807094°N 2.122786°W |
Completed | 1796 |
The Broad Eye Windmill is an historic windmill in the county town of Stafford, Staffordshire, England. The windmill is currently home to Windmill Broadcasting, and is looked after by the Friends of Broad Eye Windmill.[1]
It operated as a mill for 100 years, with the sails being removed in 1897. Over the next 100 or so years, numerous businesses operated from the Broad Eye Windmill, including a butchers.
The patron of the Broad Eye Windmill is actor, TV presenter and historian Tony Robinson.[2]