Group visits

We love Group Visits. It is our opportunity to throw open our exhibitions and historic rooms for you to browse, learn and enjoy. Our volunteer guides and stewards are at hand throughout to enhance the experience. They truly bring the stories to life. Some of them even worked here on Cold War rocketry and other research!

Scouts and other groups of young people and children can enjoy the site also at our public events.

The Royal Gunpowder Mills is situated just of the M25, and has coach parking available on site.

Flat ground: accessible
Landtrain tours available
Introductory film
Scenic
Ideal for one-day or half-day visit

Tailor your tour - discuss with us your Group’s ideal day out. We can provide refreshments to your choice and to your budget. We can also provide a private room for the Group.

Contact: Luke Dunne ([email protected] or call on 01992 707 375)

Pricing - This Pricing reflects upon the group booking being made on a day our site is not open to the public.

Admission Fee - £9.50 Per Person

Refreshments - £2.50 Per Person

Land Train Tour - £2.00 Per Person

NOTE On days we are open to the public land train tours are offered on a first come , first serve basis.

NOTE On days we are open to the public , Refreshments can be purchased from our on site Gunpowder Cafe.

Latest

Julie's Nature Column - Summer 2019
Historical Walk and Audio Tour

Discover the science and history surrounding the manufacture of gunpowder and other explosives by taking our 23 point Online Audio Tour which can be listened to by clicking the speaker icons below. When you visit our site in person, you may also take our Self Guided Audio Tour by scanning the QR Codes on each Information Panel with your Mobile phone.
Archive

After the closure of ERDE, the archive material inherited passed through a number of hands and storage locations, particularly in the latter period before opening to the public, when outside staff from the firm designing the exhibition had to have free access. Consequently by 2004 the Archive had become rather disorganised.
Why So Important?

Internationally, the Royal Gunpowder Mills is amongst a handful of places associated with the manufacture of explosives dating back many centuries which have subsequently been preserved and opened to the public.