Reigate Windmill
This section provides information about the windmill on Reigate Heath, the only windmill in the world to be used as a place of worship.
The windmill on Reigate Heath is probably the only one in the world to have been consecrated as a place of worship.
In 1880 the brick roundhouse of the disused mill was converted into a Chapel of Ease to St Mary's Parish Church, Reigate.
The chapel, named St Cross Chapel, was opened for services on 14 September 1880 and has continued to this day when services are held throughout the summer.
People come from far and wide to visit the windmill, located in an attractive setting on the heath.
It was built about 1765, and ceased to grind about one hundred years later.
Factfile
Address
- Reigate Heath Golf Club,
Reigate Heath,
Flanchford Road,
Reigate,
Surrey
RH2 8QR
Contact
- Parish Office
St Mary's Church Centre,
Chart Lane,
Reigate,
Surrey
RH2 7RN - Tel: 01737 221100
- Fax: 01737 249462
- Email (see below)
- admin@stmaryreigate.co.uk
Useful links
www.stmaryreigate.co.uk
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council
Town Hall
Castlefield Road
Reigate
RH2 0SH
01737 276000
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