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Horndean & District

Chatham Dockyard Trip

Event type: Outing
Date: 1st October 2024
Time: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

This year's coach trip went to Chatham Dockyard where we able to have tours of the Ropery and the submarine, amongst other things.

Chatham Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent. Established in Chatham in the mid-16th century, the dockyard subsequently expanded into neighbouring Gillingham; at its most extensive two-thirds of the dockyard lay in Gillingham, one-third in Chatham.