diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/Region.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/Region.h
index e8542a2b..69f7d467 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/Region.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/Region.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 
 		const Vector3DInt16& getLowerCorner(void) const;
 		const Vector3DInt16& getUpperCorner(void) const;
+		const Vector3DInt16& getCentre(void) const;
 
 		void setLowerCorner(const Vector3DInt16& v3dLowerCorner);
 		void setUpperCorner(const Vector3DInt16& v3dUpperCorner);
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Region.cpp b/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Region.cpp
index 32641dd1..877c1c87 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Region.cpp
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Region.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		return m_v3dUpperCorner;
 	}	
 
+	const Vector3DInt16& Region::getCentre(void) const
+	{
+		Vector3DInt32 v3dMidpoint = static_cast<Vector3DInt32>(m_v3dLowerCorner) + static_cast<Vector3DInt32>(m_v3dUpperCorner);
+		v3dMidpoint = v3dMidpoint / static_cast<int32_t>(2);
+		return m_v3dLowerCorner + static_cast<Vector3DInt16>(v3dMidpoint);
+	}
+
 	void Region::setLowerCorner(const Vector3DInt16& v3dLowerCorner)
 	{
 		m_v3dLowerCorner = v3dLowerCorner;