Coming into Faversham on the bus from Canterbury, we got off it a couple or so stops from the town centre as a few things looked quite interesting in the suburbs.
First up, we came across an old Gunpowder Mill:
The plaque below shows that the Mill is open for visits, mainly during the afternoon at the weekend:
Have just read that this Gunpowder Mill is the only surviving one, with there having been four at one point.
Have also just found out that the Mills made gunpowder for Nelson at Trafalgar and Wellington at Waterloo.
Moreover, during peacetime, the Mills provided explosives that blasted the way for railways and canals to be put in place, thus, playing a major role in the Industrial Revolution.
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