Willesborough Tips
Willesborough - a suburb of Ashford - is a place of contrasts. Although it's a largely residential area with all the usual urban facilities and amenities within easy reach, it also enjoys a rural atmosphere, with woodlands, wetlands, meadows, fields, gardens and river scenery maintained by local conservation groups working to reintroduce and protect wildlife and plants. South Willesborough Dykes - an area of drained land adjoining the East Stour river - have been declared a Site of Nature Conservation Interest, although there is unease about plans to build houses on the flood plain to the east. The Dykes, along with other natural landscapes, form part of Ashford's Green Corridor. To the north of the suburb, the 100-acre Willesborough Lees is another wildlife haven. Willesborough's most memorable landmark is a windmill. This restored 1869 smock mill, standing on the site of an earlier mill, is open on certain days during the summer, and visitors may be lucky enough to see the sails turning as volunteers make bread flour. The windmill's barn may be hired for special events, and it's also home to the Norman Cycles Club, which celebrates the rare motorcycles, moped and bicycles originally made locally by Norman Cycles.
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