Chart Gunpowder Mill

Swale

Type:Museum

Chart Close, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7SE

Tel: +44 01795 534542

Chart Gunpowder Mill

About

Oldest gunpowder mill in the world, whose product was used by Nelson at Trafalgar and Wellington at Waterloo. Ancient monument. Inside is a small museum including a working model of the mill and detailed personnel records of those who worked in the Faversham explosives industry between 1574 and 1934.

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Map & Directions

Road Directions

From the A2 towards Faversham, take the western link road. Turn right into Bysing Wood Road and turn right into Stone Bridge Way. Chart Close is on the left. On-street parking nearby.

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