Hire Space

Our rooms are available for weekday corporate hires. Please contact [email protected] for more details.

Main Exhibition

Gunpowder Café

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Mixing House

Saltpetre House

Queen Meads

Theatre

Spinks Gallery

Jobs

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.
Become a Gunpowder Railway Volunteer!

Whether you would like to develop your technical understanding of locomotives or fulfil a childhood dream of becoming a train driver, volunteering with the Gunpowder Railway is the perfect way to learn new skills whilst having fun and meeting new people.
Public Opening Days Over Winter

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.
Philippa Walton

Pioneering industrialist and entrepreneur who owned, managed and greatly improved the Waltham Abbey Gunpowder Mills.

Public Opening Days Over Winter

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.
How to get here

Find out more about where we're located and how to get here by all types of transport.
Virtual Tours

Explore our site from the comfort of home.
Visitor Map
Professor Nitrate

Experience Professor Nitrate's explosive outdoor science show.
Jobs

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.
Gunpowder Cafe

Tasty treats are being served at our Gunpowder Cafe!
Our Purpose

The purpose of the charity is to preserve, manage, research, conserve and display for the benefit of the general public and of the nation at large the historical and archaeological heritage of the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey in the form of ancient monuments, listed buildings and the natural aspect features and bird, animal, tree and plant life.
Tractor Trailer Guided Tours

Take a 25 minute guided Tractor Trailer Guided Tour to the 'out of bounds' parts of the Royal Gunpowder Mills.
The Armoury

Discover how firearms changed over the centuries by visiting our collection of over 300 historic firearms.

Royal Gunpowder Mills Digital Archive

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. Read more

RGM Historic Book Reprint Series

The Historic Reprint Series are Facsimilie reprints of books having historical relevance to the development and manufacture of gunpowder at the Royal Gunpowder Mills. Read more

RGM Book Series

Books about the history of the Royal Gunpowder Mills written by Archive Volunteers. Read more

Help Royal Gunpowder Mills!

The Royal Gunpowder Mills has now reopened following a two year closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. Please donate to help continue our Charity’s work. Read more

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