Self Guided Visits

Visit us to complete your local history project

From ancient gunpowder recipes to cutting edge research, discover 300 years of change and it’s effects both locally and globally. Explore the following exhibitions and displays and enjoy the rest of the site by land train or military truck guided tour.

Available January - December, 10:00 - 17:00

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MAIN EXHIBITION & FILM (KS1 & 2) - Discover the science behind gunpowder and the history of the secret island!

  

 

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 WOMEN AT WAR 

 

 

 

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DANGEROUS DAYS

 

 

 

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ROCKET VAULT - Rocket materials and their properties.

 

 

 

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Heritage Lottery FundedQuality Assured Visitor AttractionEuropean Route of Industrial Heritage

Registered Charity No. 1062968
Royal Gunpowder Mills, Beaulieu Drive, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 1JY