Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills
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.Photo: Lisle45, Public domain.
- Type: Museum
- Description: Grade I listed military museum in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Royal Gunpowder Mills”
- Address: Beaulieu Drive, EN9 1JY
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cheshunt railway station and Lee Valley White Water Centre.
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 4,100 feet northwest of Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills.
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 4,000 feet southwest of Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills.
Waltham Abbey Church
Church
Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Abbey Church of Waltham Holy Cross and St Lawrence, also known as Waltham Abbey or Waltham Abbey Church, is the parish church of the town of Waltham Abbey, Essex, England. Waltham Abbey Church is situated 3,800 feet south of Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waltham Abbey and Cheshunt.
Waltham Abbey
Suburb
Photo: Northmetpit, CC0.
Waltham Abbey is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. It lies just outside the administrative boundary of Greater London and is 13.5 miles north-east of Charing Cross in central London.
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 Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills
- Categories: military museum, charitable organization, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Waltham Abbey, Epping Forest District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.69764° or 51° 41′ 52″ northLongitude
-0.00761° or 0° 0′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C3XMXXR+3XOpenStreetMap ID
way 1308016557OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7966594
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In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Portuguese—“Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “מפעלי אבק השרפה המלכותיים מנזר ואלתהאם”
- Portuguese: “Royal Gunpowder Mills”
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Highlights include Burning Ground and Cornmill Meadows.
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