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Dist:0.1km<br/>Narrow and hedgerow-lined lane south-west from Charlwood.
©Colin Smith
Dist:0.2km<br/>Built around 1738, this post mill was originally situated in Lowfield Heath, on what is now the southern perimeter of Gatwick Airport. During the expansion of the airport in the late 1970s/early 1980s, much of the village of Lowfield Heath was subsumed by airport facilities and warehouses, and although proposals were put in place to retain the windmill, the owners were not willing to allow public access to it, which meant that grants for restoration, now needed because of its deteriorating state, would not be available. It was therefore decided to move it, and it was dismantled in the summer of 1987. Work started on rebuilding at its present site, some 2 - 3 miles from its original site, in 1988, with the main structure completed in 1990. There has been much work since, and with more needed, including the replacement of the two missing sweeps, which had to be removed due to rot.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.2km<br/>Built around 1738, this post mill was originally situated in Lowfield Heath, on what is now the southern perimeter of Gatwick Airport. During the expansion of the airport in the late 1970s/early 1980s, much of the village of Lowfield Heath was subsumed by airport facilities and warehouses, and although proposals were put in place to retain the windmill, the owners were not willing to allow public access to it, which meant that grants for restoration, now needed because of its deteriorating state, would not be available. It was therefore decided to move it, and it was dismantled in the summer of 1987. Work started on rebuilding at its present site, some 2 - 3 miles from its original site, in 1988, with the main structure completed in 1990. There has been much work since, and with more needed, including the replacement of the two missing sweeps, which had to be removed due to rot.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.2km<br/>Built around 1738, this post mill was originally situated in Lowfield Heath, on what is now the southern perimeter of Gatwick Airport. During the expansion of the airport in the late 1970s/early 1980s, much of the village of Lowfield Heath was subsumed by airport facilities and warehouses, and although proposals were put in place to retain the windmill, the owners were not willing to allow public access to it, which meant that grants for restoration, now needed because of its deteriorating state, would not be available. It was therefore decided to move it, and it was dismantled in the summer of 1987. Work started on rebuilding at its present site, some 2 - 3 miles from its original site, in 1988, with the main structure completed in 1990. There has been much work since, and with more needed, including the replacement of the two missing sweeps, which had to be removed due to rot.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.2km<br/>Built around 1738, this post mill was originally situated in Lowfield Heath, on what is now the southern perimeter of Gatwick Airport. During the expansion of the airport in the late 1970s/early 1980s, much of the village of Lowfield Heath was subsumed by airport facilities and warehouses, and although proposals were put in place to retain the windmill, the owners were not willing to allow public access to it, which meant that grants for restoration, now needed because of its deteriorating state, would not be available. It was therefore decided to move it, and it was dismantled in the summer of 1987. Work started on rebuilding at its present site, some 2 - 3 miles from its original site, in 1988, with the main structure completed in 1990. There has been much work since, and with more needed, including the replacement of the two missing sweeps, which had to be removed due to rot.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.2km<br/>South-west of Charlwood is this picturesque post-mill which was restored in 1990. It is open to visitors in the summer months. http://www.ockleywindmill.co.uk/lowfieldheathwindmill.htm
©Colin Smith
Dist:0.2km<br/>Moved to current location when Gatwick Airport was under construction. http://www.ockleywindmill.co.uk/lowfieldheathwindmill.htm
©James Insell
Dist:0.3km<br/>This wooden post-mill on Rectory Lane, Charlwood is now a visitor attraction during the summer months. http://www.ockleywindmill.co.uk/lowfieldheathwindmill.htm
©Colin Smith
Dist:0.4km<br/>Housing development, some with a black barn style, facing the Lowfield Heath Windmill.
©Colin Smith
Dist:0.5km<br/>This was discovered after attempting to navigate in the wood with a gps but no map, and consequently going down the wrong limb of this wood's irregular south-eastern outline.
©Robin Webster
Dist:0.5km<br/>Just off Glovers Road at the extreme south of this square, these Sea Harriers mark the entrance to Glovers Works, the home of Aerospace Logistics. The company specialises in spares, maintenance, repair and overhaul of military aircraft.
©Dan Gregory
Dist:0.6km<br/>Two of a small number of externally more or less complete military aircraft at Aerospace Logistics, Glovers Lane. However, these lack engines - it is possible to see through the intake on one side to the exhaust on the other side.
©Robin Webster
Dist:0.6km<br/>Note the barrier that can be lifted to let your dog through and the gap to the side that most dogs actually use.
©Richard Rogerson
Dist:0.6km<br/>Edwardian villas on the road leading into Charlwood from the west.
©Colin Smith
Dist:0.6km<br/>This old barn can be seen in a field through which the Sussex Border path runs, about a hundred metres SW of [[847279]].
©Nigel Cox

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