Sky Raiders Uk's video: Lytham Windmill - Lytham St Annes Lancashire

The mill also contains a museum run by the Lytham Heritage Trust which explains the history and practice of flour milling. The mill was built on Lytham marshes around 1805 on land leased by the local landowner and squire to miller Richard Cookson. Some of the mill's machinery, including a 150-year-old main-shaft of Baltic oak, was salvaged from other local mills. The plinth which now surrounds the mill was added later for safety reasons. The original smoky drying kiln, once adjacent to the mill, was moved to Kiln Street after pressure from well-to-do local residents in the growing town. The surrounding land was later leveled and grassed to form a ribbon green between the houses and the sea, in the middle of which stands the mill. (Filmed on Autel Nano Plus)