Chatham, Kent
Chatham is a large town in Medway, North Kent. About 70,000 people live there. The town is important because of its harbour. Even though the harbour is no longer used, it is still important for tourism. The first mention of the town was in the year 1086. In the year 1667, the docks were attacked by the Dutch. Charles Dickens lived in Chatham from 1817 to 1821.
In the Chatham town centre is The Pentagon Shopping Centre as well as the Chatham Waterfront bus station and close by is Chatham railway station.
Chatham, Kent Media
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Looking from the River Medway at Sun Pier along the Great Barrier Ditch, to the Gun Platforms at Fort Amherst
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Medway Council Building at Gun Wharf
Chatham Town Hall (opened in 1900) now serves as a theatre.
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(1) Chatham Dockyard, seen from Fort Pitt, ca. 1830.
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(2) Chatham Town Centre from the Great Lines
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(3) Luton Valley, from Darland Banks
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Chatham Naval Memorial, records the names of 18,500 Naval Officers who died or were buried at sea in the Great War and WW2.*1914-1918 Architect Albert Lorimer, Sculptor Henry Poole.*1939-1945 Extension. Edward Maufe. Sculptor Charles Wheeler. On the Great Lines, Gillingham overlooking Chatham. Interior shot of monument.
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The A2 road at Luton Arches. The New Road runs underneath the Luton Arches Footbridge.
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Sir John Hawkins Flyover, which was demolished in 2009.
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Chatham Railway Station and Fort Pitt Tunnel