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Windmill or Lighthouse?

20th August 2025

Both tall, round towers, both absolute icons. But are you Team Lighthouse, or Team Windmill?

Pick a windmill if you love peace and romance - autumn strolls, lazy country picnics and waking up to sweeping rural views.

Or maybe you're more of a lighthouse person, all about drama and adventure. Think crashing waves, storm-watching and epic sunsets over the sea.

Whatever your vibe, a stay in one of these storybook spots is guaranteed to be unforgettable.

Hunsett Mill

Stalham - Norfolk

Sleeps 9

Jaw-dropping and award winning holiday home incorporating a former mill keeper's cottage that recently featured on Grand Designs: House of the Year.

Llancayo Windmill

Usk - Monmouthshire

Sleeps 12

Stay in this Welsh windmill, with big balcony views of rolling hills, quirky, circular rooms and a host of interesting places to explore nearby.

Wolf Rock

near Helston - Cornwall

Sleeps 6

Clifftop Cornish cottage with a stone spiral staircase and a private observation tower looking out to sea

Eilean Sionnach Lighthouse Cottage

Isleornsay - Sleat

Sleeps 8

Extraordinary four bedroom coastal home off Skye, with access to a private beach and four bedrooms, on its own island.

The Windmill Blackthorn Hill

Bicester - Oxon

1 - 4

Enjoy spectacular 360 views from the top of this majestic 300-year-old windmill, just down the road from Bicester Village.

Forest Windmill

Nazare - Leiria

Sleeps 4

A beautifully converted windmill hidden in pine forests near the beach on Portugal's Silver Coast.

Stow Mill

Paston - Norfolk

Sleeps 2

Stay in a fully restored and 'working' windmill just minutes from the gorgeous Norfolk coast. Perfectly designed for a memorable couples' retreat with luxury interiors and stunning views.

Belle Tout Lighthouse

Eastbourne - East Sussex

Sleeps 12

Lighthouse converted in to a charming and unique B&B, slap bang on the South Downs Way, complete with panoramic views of the English Channel, the Seven Sisters and Beachy Head.