CONTINUING our series on the best places for a staycation in the UK, this week we check out a converted windmill in Lincolnshire.

WHERE:

A popular landmark in its own right, the remarkable Maud Foster Windmill, right, is in the historic market town of Boston. It’s set in the Fenlands – pancake-flat farmland stretching as far as the eye can see, criss-crossed with waterways and dotted with medieval villages and Boston’s 14th Century St Botolph’s Church, England’s tallest, soaring 272ft into the sky. Learn more about Boston’s history in its medieval Guildhall set behind the picturesque port. Here the Pilgrim Fathers were tried in 1607 – it’s why America has its own Boston today.

THE PROPERTY:

Delightful selfcatering property for couples, the seven-storey, Grade I listed windmill dates from 1819. There’s no doubt you’re in a working windmill, as creaking sails skim past windows of the large agri-chic living room – two sprawl-sized couches, TV, wi-fi and a stack of boardgames – and those of the cosy bedroom, with its king-size