Travel and Discovery

Travel and Discovery is a work of art in Waltham Abbey, Epping Forest District, England. Travel and Discovery is situated nearby to the museum Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills, as well as near the ruins WW1 Anti Aircraft gun emplacement.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills and Cheshunt railway station.

Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

The Royal Gunpowder Mills are a former industrial site in Waltham Abbey, England. It was one of three Royal Gunpowder Mills in the United Kingdom. Waltham Abbey is the only site to have survived virtually intact. Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills is situated 1,700 feet southwest of Travel and Discovery.

Cheshunt railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rubberist, Public domain.

Cheshunt is an interchange station for London Overground and Greater Anglia services on the Lea Valley lines, located in Cheshunt in the Borough of Broxbourne. Cheshunt railway station is situated 1 mile west of Travel and Discovery.

Lee Valley White Water Centre

Sports venue

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lee Valley White Water Centre is a white-water slalom centre in the Middle Lea Valley, in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire. It was constructed to host the canoe slalom events of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Lee Valley White Water Centre is situated 1 mile southwest of Travel and Discovery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waltham Abbey and Cheshunt.

Waltham Abbey

Suburb

Photo: Northmetpit, CC0.

Waltham Abbey is a suburban town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, within the metropolitan and urban area of London, England, 13.5 miles north-east of Charing Cross.

Cheshunt

Town

Photo: Northmetpit, Public domain.

Cheshunt is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, in Hertfordshire, England. It lies within the London commuter belt approximately 13 miles north of Central London, on the River Lea and Lee Navigation, bordering the Lee Valley Park.

Waltham Cross

Town

Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Waltham Cross is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, located 12 miles north of central London. In the south-eastern corner of Hertfordshire, it borders Cheshunt to the north, Waltham Abbey to the east, and Enfield to the south. Waltham Cross is situated 1½ miles southwest of Travel and Discovery.

Travel and Discovery

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: sculpture
Category: tourism
Location: Waltham Abbey, Epping Forest District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.70005° or 51° 42′ 0″ north

Longitude

-0.00141° or 0° 0′ 5″ west

Inception

July 28th, 1994

Open location code

9C3XPX2X+2C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2413355393

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=sculpture

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