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The Pipp Brook is a tributary of the River Mole. It rises at Mag's Well on the northern slopes of Leith Hill and runs to the north of Dorking town centre before joining the Mole at Pixham.

During the nineteenth century the sulphate-rich waters of the Mag's Well spring were believed to have healing properties.

Watermills
During the 19th century there were six corn mills on the river (Rookery Mill, Westcott Mill, Milton Court Mill, Parsonage Mill, Pipp Brook Mill and Pixham Mill).

Westcott Mill. The Old Mill House. Site of a mill mentioned in Domesday but a mill with a six acre mill pond was built in the 17th. What remains of the mill building dates from 1850. It operated until 1909, and the machinery was sold in 1912. It was then used as a fishing lodge by Mr. Brooke, of the tea company. It then became a private house but the water still flows through the wheel pit and the mill pond is still there, used by fishermen. Part of the original walling of sandstone rubble encloses the cellar but above this is a modern house.

Milton Court Mill. This mill was by the entrance to Milton Court but was demolished in the early 1920s. The mill cottage and mill pond remain either side of the entrance road

Rookery Mills There were two flour mills in the Rookery estate before 1729, one on the embankment between the two lakes and one below the lower lake. There is no trace of the upper mill but the mill building of the lower mill has been converted to housing

Pixham Mill, Pixham Lane, Dorking. A 3-storey brick building with weatherboarded gable, early 19th century. Now a private dwelling, but the water channels remain. The existing mill was built in 1837 and replaced an earlier one. The external overshot waterwheel was of iron, but only the axle shaft and some of its compass arms now remain. At what time the mill stopped working is not clear; trade directories show its use as corn merchants until 1922. The internal drive machinery was moved to a Sussex mill in 1937.