Chart Gunpowder Mills

Chart Mills is accessible via The Faversham Society Guided Walks programme (first Sunday of each month) or Saturdays from 2-4pm until October. Close to the town centre, there were once four water-powered incorporating mills here. The surviving mill is the oldest of its kind in the world. The Home Works, of which it formed part, laid the foundations for Britain's greatness. The factory made powder for Nelson at Trafalgar and Wellington at Waterloo. In peacetime its product blasted routes for the nation's railways and canals, making the Industrial Revolution possible. Restored in the 1960s and managed by the Faversham Society. Download the Chart Gunpowder Mills Location Map and the Faversham Society Gunpowder Trail Leaflet (pdf) from the website.