Windmill Pool

Windmill Pool: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Windmill Pool

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Windmill Pool — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 52.36218, -1.83433. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Windmill Pool

• Rail Trail: The Lakes > Earlswood · trek · Warwickshire · ~1 km · Must-see
• Rail Trail: Shirley > The Lakes · trek · West Midlands · ~3 km · Must-see
• Rail Trail: Earlswood > Wythall · trek · West Midlands · ~3 km · Must-see
• Rail Trail: Wood End Circular · trek · Warwickshire · ~3 km · Must-see
• Rail Trail: Whitlocks End > Shirley · trek · West Midlands · ~5 km · Must-see
• Rail Trail: Wythall > Shirley · trek · Worcestershire · ~5 km · Must-see
• Rail Trail: Danzey Circular · trek · Warwickshire · ~6 km · Must-see
• Rail Trail: Widney Manor > Dorridge · trek · West Midlands · ~7 km · Must-see
• Rail Trail: Solihull Circular (via Malvern & Brueton Park) · trek · West Midlands · ~8 km · Must-see
• Rail Trail: Dorridge > Lapworth · trek · Warwickshire · ~9 km · Must-see
• Rail Trail: Lapworth Circular · trek · Warwickshire · ~9 km · Must-see
• Rail Trail: Olton > Shirley · trek · West Midlands · ~10 km · Must-see
• Henley Sidings · sanctuary · Staffordshire · ~10 km · Must-see
• Shire Country Park · park · Staffordshire · ~10 km · Must-see
• Baddesley Clinton Hall · fort · Staffordshire · ~11 km · Must-see
• Rail Trail: Henley-in-Arden Circular · trek · Warwickshire · ~11 km · Must-see
• Redditch Central Mosque · dargah · Staffordshire · ~12 km · Must-see
• Rail Trail: Hatton > Lapworth · trek · Warwickshire · ~13 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Windmill Pool

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Windmill Pool

• Tardebigge Lake · lake · Staffordshire · ~17 km · Must-see
• Draycote Water · lake · City of Leicester · ~42 km · Must-see
• Chasewater · lake · Staffordshire · ~43 km · Must-see
• Aqualate Mere · lake · Cheshire East · ~72 km · Must-see
• Carsington Water · lake · Derby · ~99 km · Must-see
• Willen Lake · lake · Central Bedfordshire · ~104 km · Must-see
• Rutland Water · lake · Rutland · ~108 km · Must-see
• Rudyard Lake · lake · Cheshire East · ~110 km · Must-see
• Astbury Mere Country Park · lake · Cheshire East · ~116 km · Must-see
• Goring Lock · lake · West Berkshire · ~131 km · Must-see

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