Ample car parking at N 50.49.696 W 000.28.398 (1.5 km return) or, for a slightly longer stroll, at N 50.49.587 W 000.26.514.
Ecclesden Mill
Angmering still has a windmill within the parish - Ecclesden Mill, situated on the west side of Highdown just above Ecclesden Manor. This is a brick tower-mill built in 1826 for Henry Grant, the son of James Grant, the bailiff of Ecclesden Manor who inherited the estate in 1811 from the kindly Martha Foreman. This mill took over from the old more famous Highdown Mill in Ferring which was by then coming to the end of her working life.
Ecclesden Mill was originally known as Highdown New Mill. Milling ceased at Ecclesden Mill in 1872 and the sweeps (sails) were blown off in a storm in 1880. Recently she has been lovingly restored and the brickwork has been covered with wooden shingles to protect her. In the Spring of 2008, further work was undertaken with the mill being increased in height and a lead cap added.
The cache is a small tape camouflaged container approx 900mm x 650mm diameter with room for small swapsies, TB’s, Geocoins, etc. Beware muggles with their canine friends !