Welcome to The Mill Retreat Centre
"The Mill Retreat Centre is a slice of heaven on earth."
"We had the most wonderful and moving time there and everything about the place the grounds, the building, the warm, non-intrusive hospitality of the staff and the chefs magnificent cooking facilitated the work we were trying to do. We touched very deep levels and also had lots of fun. We will definitely come back and I will recommend it as widely as possible."
'Claire Henderson Davis
"We had the most wonderful and moving time there and everything about the place the grounds, the building, the warm, non-intrusive hospitality of the staff and the chefs magnificent cooking facilitated the work we were trying to do. We touched very deep levels and also had lots of fun. We will definitely come back and I will recommend it as widely as possible."
*****Easier, faster and cheaper to get to than most UK retreat Centres, and of course more exciting!*****
The Mill Retreat Centre is located in spectacular grounds. It is a natural paradise, having all four main ecological groups: 1. A huge Lake, 2. A mile of River, 3. Woodlands, 4. Wetland habitats and garden area all in one location, making it teaming with wildlife. One can find: wild boar and deer in the woods, many fish in the lake, from trout to pike, over 40 specious of birds, as well and many water mammals and a huge variety of plant life.
"I am in the process of converting the large old Mill wheel to generate green electricity, making the centre self sufficient and carbon Positive i.e generating more energy than we use, and feeding any excess electricity back into the national grid. The project is a huge challenge and steep learning curve for us all, it will take 3 years, we are half way through now (2009). The old Mill wheel turbine is an extremely unusual and rare design. It has a vertical axis and the turbine wheel is permanently underwater. Even though it was built 130 years ago the design and efficiency of this turbine is nearly as good as modern design, give or take 10% - an extraordinary feat of the Industrial Revolution. So we are preserving it intact rather than fitting a cheaper newer design."
My vision for this Centre is for it to be used by groups who are doing work for the good, and hold the highest ethical standards. I think the ethos, energy and atmosphere of a place is reflected and enhanced by the type of people who use it and for this reason I strictly vet who is able to use the Mill Retreat Centre.
The Mill Retreat Centre is also home to The MLI ( Michal Levin Institute), a powerful group of people who have been working together for over 15 years on inner energetic work and life. They are guided and lead by Michal Levin, an extraordinarily gifted teacher who has the rare ability to see energy with precise clarity and use this gift with wisdom and responsibility. I think there is only an handful of people in the world with this gift developed to such a rarefied degree.
See www.michallevin.com for more information on her retreats and work.
I hope you have a wonderful stay at the Centre.
The Mill Retreat Centre is surprisingly easy to reach: only 2.5 hours journey from London, we provide a private minibus pick-up from anywhere in London (or the UK) directly to the Centre.
Alternatively, just take the EuroStar from St Pancras- London to Calais (59 minutes) and be picked up in Calais by our private minibus for the 90 minute journey to the Mill about two and a half hours door to door The travel cost is from £40 per person, see Directions and Maps menu for details.