Chilworth, Surrey
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Chilworth is a village in Surrey, England, three miles South-East of the town of Guildford. Chilworth has about 2000 residents, two churches (St Thomas and Chilworth Free Church), two schools (Chilworth Infant School and Tillingbourne Junior School), a pub (The Percy Arms) and a train station. The village nestles below the North Downs, overlooked by St. Martha's Hill and St. Martha's Church.
Chilworth has an interesting industrial past. At various times in history it has been the location of a wire mill, paper mill and gunpowder factory. A significant number of buildings from the gunpowder factory can still be found in the woods adjacent to the canal Tillingbourne.
Chilworth Gunpowder works was established in 1625 by the East India Company and finally closed in 1920. It was worked by a number of private companies and became an important supplier of gunpowder to the Government. The buildings and area are now looked after by Guildford Borough Council and English Nature.
Chilworth has a railway station on the North Downs Line served every two hours by trains to Redhill and Reading.
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