The Royal Arsenal: Guns, Garrison & the Gleaming Thames
Greater London, United Kingdom
Discover Woolwich’s Royal Arsenal, where Britain’s military power was built through brick, iron and gunpowder. This walk follows the Thames-side world of foundries, workshops, barracks and guardrooms that supplied ships, dockyards and battlefields across the globe. Barracks Court, the Royal Artillery Museum, the riverside guardrooms, Building 49 and Building 40 reveal how industry, architecture and warfare changed from the seventeenth century through the Industrial Revolution and First World War.
The stops
- 01 Barracks Court
- 02 Royal Artillery Museum
- 03 SALT Woolwich
- 04 Statue of the Duke of Wellington, Woolwich
- 05 Building 49, The Grand Store Warehouse, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich
- 06 Venetian Gun
- 07 Turkish Gun
- 08 James Clavell Square
- 09 East & West Riverside Guardrooms
- 10 Building 40
The narration at every stop is in the app — this is just the map of where it takes you.
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