The Gunpowder Park, Enfield / Waltham Abbey
This video is taken at the Enfield Gunpowder Park.
The Gunpowder Park is a recreational ground formally used as part of the Gunpowder Mills for munitions for over 300 years. There are watch posts now used a bat sanctuaries located around the park. It is now the subject of investment with decked out marshes and hides making a worthwhile which my wife, kids and I can attest too as we often visit and have made this home video to share using a DJI Inspire 1.
We can get from Enfield Island Village to Chingford, The Plough and Bakers arms on Sewardstone Road in around 20 minutes although it can rather dark on the way back!
More information on this includes
Lee Valley Site
Heritage Locations
Enfield Website
and Wikipedia of course
Gunpowder Park - Waltham Abbey, Essex
Video uploaded from my mobile phone.
Filmed on the 16th August 2012.
A day out at the Royal gunpowder mills, Waltham Abbey
A family day out at the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey
Waltham Abbey, Hidden England
More than 70 people attended the launch of a project aimed at raising a town's profile in the national media.
The Waltham Abbey Media Pack is a handy guide to the history of the town, its attractions, history and practicalities, such as who to interview, where to stay and good locations for filming.
It has been put together by the Waltham Abbey Town Partnership as a way of raising the profile of the area and was distributed during the opening event at the Marriott Hotel this morning.
Waltham Abbey aerial, Essex, UK.
Mavic Pro aerial of Waltham Abbey in Essex, UK.
Dropzone Airsoft @ waltham abbey Gunpowder mills
January 26th @ gunpowder mills , had a quick flick through and picked out some bits. Nothing too amazeballs.
Professor Nitrate entertains at the Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey
Familes are entertained in science and history at a school holiday event at the Royal Gunpowder Mills
VE day Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
An enjoyable afternoon at the Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills.
The Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey 12th May 2012 Civil War
waltham abbey gunpowder mills reinactment medieval
fighting how it used to be when 10 minute battles were quite enough!
Royal Gunpowder Mills, Essex - Promo Video
Join Shadows In The Dark at the Royal Gunpowder Mills in Essex for a night of Paranormal Investigating - see shadowsinthedark.co.uk for more information
Places to see in ( Waltham Abbey - UK )
Places to see in ( Waltham Abbey - UK )
Waltham Abbey is a suburban market town in the Epping Forest District of Essex, the metropolitan area of London, and the Greater London Urban Area. Lying on North East London's outskirts, it is located 15 miles from central London. It is on the Greenwich Meridian, between the River Lea in the west and Epping Forest in the east, situated north of the London Borough of Waltham Forest and east of the London Borough of Enfield. It is the resting place of King Harold Godwinson, who died in the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
Waltham Abbey takes its name from its former abbey, now the Abbey Church of Waltham Holy Cross, a scheduled ancient monument that was prominent in the town's early history. The town is within the large civil parish of Waltham Abbey which was known as Waltham Holy Cross until 1974. The parish has a town council and is twinned with the German town of Hörstel.
The name Waltham derives from weald or wald forest and ham homestead or enclosure. The name of the ancient parish was Waltham Holy Cross, but the use of the name Waltham Abbey for the town seems to have originated in the 16th century, although there has often been inconsistency in the use of the two names. Indeed, the former urban district was named Waltham Holy Cross, rather than Waltham Abbey. There are traces of prehistoric and Roman settlement in the town. Ermine Street lies only 5 km west and the causeway across the River Lea from Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire may be a Roman construction. A local legend claims that Boudica's rebellion against the Romans ended in the neighbourhood, when she poisoned herself with hemlock gathered on the banks of Cobbins Brook.
In 1177, as part of his penance for his part in the murder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Henry II refounded Harold's church as a priory of Augustinian Canons Regular of sixteen canons and a prior or dean. In 1184, this was enlarged so that Waltham became an abbey with an abbot and twenty-four canons, which grew to be the richest monastery in Essex. To the abbey's west and south, the town grew as a linear development around a crossing road, although it had a single north-south High Street as late as 1848. The town's dependence on the Abbey is signalled by its decline after the Abbey was dissolved and partially demolished in 1540, the last working abbey or monastery to be dissolved. Waltham Abbey vicarage is a 17th-century timber framed and plastered building. It was given by Edward Denny, 1st Earl of Norwich to create the first curacy, but was much altered in the 18th century and later, and was more recently architecturally Grade II*listed.
The medieval Waltham Abbey Church was kept as it was close to a town and is still used as a parish church. In addition there are other remains of the former abbey – the Grade II*listed Midnight Chapel, the gatehouse, a vaulted passage and Harold’s Bridge – all in the care of English Heritage. These grounds are notable for the reputed grave of Harold II or Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. On the site of a former gunpowder factory another museum illustrates the evolution of explosives and the development of the Royal Gunpowder Mills (an Anchor Point of ERIH, The European Route of Industrial Heritage) through interactive and traditional exhibitions and displays.
The former gravel pits in the Lea Valley and parts of the former Abbey Gardens are now in the care of the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority for recreational use and nature conservation. The Epping Forest Conservation Centre in High Beach provides information, maps, books, cards, displays and advice for visitors to the area.
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Royal Gunpowder Mills 01/05/11
Royal Gunpowder Mills
An extract from the 2012 Easter Show at the Royal Gunpowder Mills. Short extract showing a simulated cannon strafe. Computer controlled 2 row strafe using 0.25 second intervals between strikes.
Hurricane over Gunpowder Mills 2014
Waltham Abbey Powder Mills- War Games.
Victory in Europe Celebrations 2009.
Royal Gunpowder Mills 14th Aug 2017
The Royal Gunpowder Mills on 14th Aug 2017. Here is a still montage of our visit. Plenty to see and do. We were there nearly 6 hours but beware - it is only open certain time. Check the web.
As you can see there is a Gun collection, Rockets on display, And various thing relating to Gunpowder activity on the massive site.
Music is from Pirates of the Caribbean.
Internet search 'Calvertfilm'.
Ajays Adventures visits the ROYAL GUN POWDER MILLS
Ajays Adventures visits the ROYAL GUN POWDER MILLS.
Inside Waltham Abbey 1964, Fishing from Thames lighters on the Lea
The film opens with a large group of young boys fishing from Thames lighters on the River Lea near Waltham Abbey, and along the banks of a small stream. Then a street scene outside the Abbey Church, before a proper look around this beautiful place of worship. And I am sorry to say, some fooling around in the graveyard.
Technical info:
Shot by Dr Stanley Solomons on Kodak Standard 8 film,
using a Sekonic Elmatic II camera.
Digital transfer by on8mil in London
Post production in Adobe Premier Pro by Burl Solomons
Copyright Burl Solomons 2019
Royal Gunpowder Mills
Looking back at few of the events at the Royal Gunpowder Mills