To: Government

Save Royal Gunpowder Mills

Save the 300 year old Royal Gunpowder Mills from being leased off to a commercial travel company as a youth holiday camp. The Mills have been in Waltham Abbey, Essex since 1640 and has been a much loved visitor attraction for 12 years.

Why is this important?

The Trustees need funding, but have only approached this one commercial operation without spreading their net wider. Too much of our history is being thrown away or sold off. The Mills supplied Trafalgar,Waterloo, and were the major supplier of propellants for WW1. The visitor attraction will not be able to continue with it's heart torn out and fenced off.