Bridgewood Manor

Public Transport

by Keycamp-reveller

Bus travel around the Medway Towns is pretty easy to navigate

arriva.co.uk Arriva is the local bus company with a monopoly on most routes within Medway (Chatham, Gillingham, Rochester, Rainham and Strood). You can download pdf printable timetables from their web site before you travel. Having lived here all my life, I have many fond memories of Medway. Too many to list here anyway

Historic Dockyard

by vichatherly

HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Tragalagar, was built on this site during 1759-65.

The old timber lined single dock, first built in 1623, was rebuilt in granite in 1840. It was further extended for the construction of HMS Mersy, the Royal Navy's longest Wooden Warship.

HMS Achilles, the first iron battleship to be built in a Royal Dockyard, also started life here in 1861.

Living Here

by Keycamp-reveller

"Medway Towns Born and Bred"

As the title says, I was born in the Medway towns and, apart from spending 5 years in Scotland, have lived in and around the area all my life.

I went to school in a place called Twydall (said Tw-i-dawl) and Rainham. I have worked for most of my life in Chatham in one place or another.

I have lived in Gillingham and I currently live in Chatham.

"No Photo's"

Strangely I don't have any photo's of the area. I suppose if one lives in it, you tend not to take pictures of it, but that can be remedied at a later date

The Historic Dockyard

by myriam_c

The Historic Dockyard in Chatham is a spectacular naval heritage site. Attractions include WWII destroyer ms "Cavalier", submarine ms "Ocelot", Victorian sloop ms "Gannet", RNLI Lifeboat.
These vessels can be visited and on the submarine a former mariner will tell you all the aspects of life under the sea level.
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CHATHAM NAVY DAYS 2001

by DUNK67

Welcome to my Chatham page. I didn't really see much of Chatham itself just the Historic Naval Dockyard, so I am dedicating this page to Chatham Navy Days 2001.
Chatham is situated on the south east coast of England in the county of Kent.
This was the third navy day to be held and the first one for me. The show consisted of military bands, flypasts, museums, displays, fairgrounds and of course several naval vessels of different generations. You could board most of the vessels and look round although on some of the newer ships access to most areas was restricted.

http://www.chdt.org.uk/