Early bird tickets for Saturday 2 November AVAILABLE NOW Read more
Tickets now on sale for July and August 2024. Fun for all the Family Read more
The sun is out and we've got the perfect green spaces and fascinating heritage for your classes to explore this summer term! Read more
We’re passionate about our explosive history.
Come and explore, learn and enjoy it with us!
Bursaries that make school trips accessible to everyone
The Royal Gunpowder Mills is reliant on the time, skills, knowledge and hard work given by the team of volunteers. The team works to preserve and share the site and its unique history, for the visitors and for the future.
After the closure of ERDE, the archive material inherited passed through a number of hands and storage locations before opening to the public as an online database.
Learn all about our pioneering industrialist Philippa Walton! Read more
RGM is part of a new documentary on the Gunpowder Plot! Read more
Discover all the wonderful things you can see and do at Lee Valley Regional Park this winter! Read more
Travel back through time and discover 300 years of explosive and top secret history through film, exhibitions and interactive displays. Read more
Explore our Rocket Vault which holds 19th century gunpowder rockets through to Cold War guided missiles. Read more
A photography exhibition celebrating the women who worked in the war industries during the First World War. Read more
Discover how firearms changed over the centuries by visiting our collection of over 300 historic firearms. Read more