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THE MILL RETREAT CENTRE
Beautiful peaceful centre with
spectacular lake and rivers
... Only 2.5 hours' drive from London
Welcome to The Mill Retreat Centre
- A spectacular centre for hire -
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."
"The best retreat Centre in the world."
For more great feedback reviews and testimonials and video reviews click here VISION AND
PURPOSE
Kolinka
Zinovieff's vision for the Mill Retreat 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. It is for this reason I strictly vet
who is able to use the Mill Retreat Centre.
You can also join a number of programs that are run throughout the year. We offer full board with delicious organic cuisine or the option of self catering. We offer exceptionally good value while maintaining the highest standards.
The Mill Retreat Centre Set in 30 acres of stunning grounds. With a spectacular 10 acre lake, a beautiful river running underneath the centre, and views of enticing woodland. All combine to make the Mill Retreat Centre a natural paradise for people and wildlife alike. Enabling one to simply be and relax, by going on lovely walks round the lake, to bird watching to unwinding next to the sparkling river.
Easier, faster and cheaper to get to than most UK retreat Centres and of course more exciting! Use our new private luxury coach from only £27 each way per person.
The Mill Retreat Centre is surprisingly easy to get to, only 2.5 hours journey from London by train and car. Or we provide our own private luxury coach pick-up service for up to 27 passengers from anywhere in London (or anywhere in the UK or France) directly to the Centre at special reduce rates from £45 per person return . Alternatively just take the Eurostar train from London to Calais (59 minutes) and be picked up by our private luxury coach for the 90 minute drive to the Mill, total journey time only 2.45 hours. The travel cost is from £45 per person, see Directions and Maps menu for details.
We can take care of all travel arrangements for you and your group.
We can take care of all travel arrangements for you and your group.
5 acre Nature Reserve in the 30 acres Mill Retreat Centre grounds
Catering
Barrington Machon (Baz) is our extremely high quality and versatile cook at the Mill Retreat Centre and takes care of all the catering requirements. His food is universally praised, on our feedback he invariably gets 10/10 for his wonderfully delicious food. Baz is also very creative and flexible and will cater for most individual dietary requirements, from vegetarian, Dairy free, wheat free, various allergies and will cook meat too if requested. We are very fortunate to have such a talented and delicious cook at the Mill Retreat Centre, and Baz is a lovely warm friendly person.
DISCOVERED BY KOLINKA ZINOVIEFF
The Mill Retreat Centre was discovered by Kolinka Zinovieff in 2007. It was very run down and dilapidated, but he could see that with some loving care and hard work it could be turned into a wonderful and spectacular retreat centre. The grounds looked like a one hundred year old thicket from a fairy tale: totally impenetrable, but also magical in its wildness. In 2007/2008, Kolinka commissioned a team to renovate the whole Mill and grounds. Kolinka added a spectacular and huge wooden panelled meeting room in the attic which can accommodate up to 100 people. The team of builders did such a brilliant job and were so friendly and worked such to a high standard. I asked one of them, Pawel Rel to stay on and live at the Mill permanently as the caretaker - his dream job come true he says. He will look after you while you stay at the Mill, so if anything practical needs sorting or fires lighting he is on hand.
ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT 2012
"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. This excess electricity will then be fed 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 (2012). 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 a modern design, give or take 10%. An extraordinary feat of the Industrial Revolution engineering. So we are preserving the original turbine intact rather than fitting a cheaper and newer design. Latest Hydro electric news please Click here
We have just bought an charming tiny new electric car for the
Mill, but what I feel so excited about is there we will run it off the River
Mill wheel turbine, so the it will be charged from our own private 100% carbon
neutral natural power source, the river. Completing the whole circle of energy
production and transport in to a pollution free solution. Because the main
problem with electric cars at the moment is you charge them from you mains
socket which gets Mains electricity from quite high polluting sources or e,g
Gas, coal, nuclear etc ( long term nuclear waste pollution)
Click here to see photo of our new little green Mill Retreat Centre care the
river Water wheel turbine that generates the electricity:
The Mill Retreat Centre is also home to The MLI ( Michal Levin Institute), a group of people who have been working intensely together for over 15 years on inner energetic work and life. The group is 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.
Kolinka Zinovieff
DISCOVERED BY KOLINKA ZINOVIEFF
The Mill Retreat Centre was discovered by Kolinka Zinovieff in 2007. It was very run down and dilapidated, but he could see that with some loving care and hard work it could be turned into a wonderful and spectacular retreat centre. The grounds looked like a one hundred year old thicket from a fairy tale: totally impenetrable, but also magical in its wildness. In 2007/2008, Kolinka commissioned a team to renovate the whole Mill and grounds. Kolinka added a spectacular and huge wooden panelled meeting room in the attic which can accommodate up to 100 people. The team of builders did such a brilliant job and were so friendly and worked such to a high standard. I asked one of them, Pawel Rel to stay on and live at the Mill permanently as the caretaker - his dream job come true he says. He will look after you while you stay at the Mill, so if anything practical needs sorting or fires lighting he is on hand.
ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT 2012
"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. This excess electricity will then be fed 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 (2012). 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 a modern design, give or take 10%. An extraordinary feat of the Industrial Revolution engineering. So we are preserving the original turbine intact rather than fitting a cheaper and newer design. Latest Hydro electric news please Click here
We have just bought an charming tiny new electric car for the
Mill, but what I feel so excited about is there we will run it off the River
Mill wheel turbine, so the it will be charged from our own private 100% carbon
neutral natural power source, the river. Completing the whole circle of energy
production and transport in to a pollution free solution. Because the main
problem with electric cars at the moment is you charge them from you mains
socket which gets Mains electricity from quite high polluting sources or e,g
Gas, coal, nuclear etc ( long term nuclear waste pollution)
Click here to see photo of our new little green Mill Retreat Centre care the river Water wheel turbine that generates the electricity:
The Mill Retreat Centre is also home to The MLI ( Michal Levin Institute), a group of people who have been working intensely together for over 15 years on inner energetic work and life. The group is 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.
Kolinka Zinovieff
