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Home > Archives for Royal Gunpowder Mills

Archives for Royal Gunpowder Mills

Royal Gunpowder Mills - Sparking Experiments

Half Term Horrors at the Royal Gunpowder Mills

This half term (14th – 22nd February), enjoy science as you’ve never seen it before at the Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey, Essex…

Big Bang Weekend - Royal Gunpowder Mills

Have a blast at the Big Bang Weekend

Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey have a pyrotechnical-tastic programme of activities planned for their The Big Bang Weekend this bank holiday…

Wild West Weekend - Royal Gunpowder Mills - Bank Holiday

Head to the Wild West of Essex this bank holiday

Go back in time to see what life was like in a Wild West frontier mining town at the Wild West Weekend at Royal Gunpowder Mills in Essex this bank holiday…

Hurricane - Royal Gunpowder Mills - Waltham Abbey

Go back to the 1940s this May bank holiday at Royal Gunpowder Mills

Visitors to the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey, will be transported back to the 1940s to join the VE celebrations on May bank holiday weekend…

VE Weekend - Royal Gunpowder Mills (Photo: Darren Harbar)

VE Day celebrations at the Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey

Visitors to the Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey will be transported back to the 1940s to join the VE Day celebrations as part of a spectacular May bank holiday weekend event…

Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Fakes, forgeries and misinformation at Royal Society Late
Dragon Fish - The Royal Society Lates in March

Next month, the Royal Society’s Late event mixes tomfoolery with science as it tackles fake news and hoaxes…

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