Chatham, United Kingdom
Main Gate Rd
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+44 1634823800
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This is a highly interesting museum for sea and technology lovers, within easy reach of London. I found the submarine and ropery exhibitions particularly good. The site itself is also stunning, as it used to be a naval dockyard.
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This place is a national treasure and a corner stone of English Maritime history. The site is huge, around 80 acres, I had scheduled to stay two hours here, but there's so much to see, you could spend the day here and have lunch at one of the two eateries. You can ask for your ticket to be validated for one year, which given the size of this place is very useful. I will certainly be back next Summer. Currently the Submarine (HMS Ocelot) is off limits, should open sometime next year. You can go on the top deck of the sailing ship, HMS Gannet, and the destroyer, HMS Cavelier. The Ropery (where ropes for the sailing vessels were made) is the longest brick building in Europe as it was designed to make ropes of 1128 feet in length. Much more I could mention but just come and allow plenty of time to see as much of this site as you can. It only stopped operations in 1984 as the Falkland war gave it a few additional years of service having originally been scheduled to close after 1981.
Great day out for all ages. Lots of attractions/exhibits to see and visit. Unfortunately due to covid, not everything was fully viewable including the submarine and couldn't fully explore one of the ships but ticket is valid for a long period for repeat visit.
We liked this a lot,and as well we went on one of the paid Call the Midwife tours. Lots to see and Covid response well thought out,plus lots for children and lovely sausage rolls in the dockside cafe. You can use the ticket later too.
Although a couple of the exhibits were closed due to Covid-19 - notably the submarine HMS Ocelot - there was plenty to see and do, The rope-making was very interesting and we were lucky to have a good chat with the master rope-maker herself. The RNLI exhibition was also very informativ If you are even slightly interested in ships or naval history, then Chatham Dockyard is a must-do. This was definitely one of the best places to visit in Kent.
Absolutely amazing gem of a place. Very large and full of many ships and museums. There are normally lots of events throughout the year. The rope museum is especially amazing and very enjoyable and informative. The ship tours are also very fun with very useful staff there to answer your every question. Would totally recommend to anyone looking for a exciting day out.
So much to love about this place. I recommend the regular Steam train events which take you back on time to when it was a working Dockyard. I was very impressed with the C19 safety procedures in place, they clearly care about their customers.
Certainly worthy of a visit, even when in the rain. Fascinating to walk the historic dockyards and see some of the vessels built there.
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