Langstone Harbour Pub & Old Mill. Havant, UK. Editorial Image

The Royal Oak pub on the edge of Langstone harbour, Havant, and close to the wind and tide mills once owned by local artist Flora Twort. The public house were once fisherman`s cottages but as a pub became an ideal smugglers retreat in the 18th century The old mill, now a private residence, was a working mill until WWI. The mill itself built across a creek, built in 1800 – 1832, the mill store, built in 1800 – 1832 on brick piers and the oldest part, an attached windmill, built in 1720 – 1740. Barges could be brought up to the mill for transporting the milled goods away around the coast. The black windmill is a distinctive feature of the landscape, its tarred outer skin resilient to the full force of the coastal weather overlooking what is now a bird sanctuary.