Keep an eye on our website for details of our new 2021 events!
Come and work with us! We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to deliver the conservation of our Grade I Listed former Gunpowder Incorporating Mill. Read more
Our Sunday open days have now ended until Easter 2023. The site is open for special events including walking tours, wildlife safaris and group visits over winter. Our Schools Programme runs throughout the year. Read more
Choose from a range of exciting curriculum-linked topics. Read more
Explore our site from the comfort of home. Read more
We’re passionate about our explosive history.
Come and explore, learn and enjoy it with us!
Choose from a range of exciting curriculum-linked topics.
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.
School visits are back at the Royal Gunpowder Mills. Choose from Victorian Life or Wartime at the Royal Gunpowder Mills or enjoy an explosive day out with our Rockets session Read more
Spring has arrived at the The Royal Gunpowder Mills, as we are getting ready for a Covid safe reopening nature is taking over and bursting with life. Read all about it in our news letter. Read more
We have finally completed our upgrade of the Royal Gunpowder Mills cinema! Made possible by the Heritage Recovery Grant, we are all set with light fixtures and accessible space. Perfect for those looking to hire a theatre or conference space. 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