Fort · Chatham · Kent

Fort Luton

Fort Luton is a medway fort. You will find it inside Chatham’s built-up area. It is on the official list as a scheduled monument.

Photo: Fort Luton, Youfoundmeout (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Chatham

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Fort in Chatham

Inside Chatham

Fort Luton is inside Chatham’s built-up area, with 25 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Chatham has 103 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Picking your season

If warmth matters, go May to September: Chatham reaches 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°67 mm

Feb8° / 2°55 mm

Mar11° / 3°45 mm

Apr14° / 5°48 mm

May17° / 8°52 mm

Jun20° / 11°51 mm

Jul23° / 13°46 mm

Aug22° / 13°59 mm

Sep19° / 11°57 mm

Oct15° / 8°80 mm

Nov11° / 5°80 mm

Dec8° / 2°75 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Chatham, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Chatham. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Chatham’s full climate →

About

Fort Luton

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages. Look also at Rochester Cathedral, 3.2 km away, first of 61 more within 15 km.

Chatham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Fort
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Chatham
Official site: fortluton.co.uk/index.html

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where Fort Luton is

Find Fort Luton in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

With 108,485 people, Gillingham is the largest of the 8. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Chatham

76,956 people · 37 places to visit

2 · 800 m northwest of it

Rochester

67,279 people · 34 places to visit

3 · 1.4 km east of it

Gillingham

108,485 people · 33 places to visit

4 · 3.5 km southwest of it

Blue Bell Hill

857 people · 11 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Fort Luton is	People	Places to visit
Chatham	It’s in town	76,956	37
Rochester	800 m northwest of it	67,279	34
Gillingham	1.4 km east of it	108,485	33
Blue Bell Hill	3.5 km southwest of it	857	11
Lower Upnor	4.1 km north of it	837	27
Cuxton	4.4 km west of it	3,039	25
Kit's Coty	4.6 km south of it	153	12
Bredhurst	4.8 km southeast of it	437	3

Make a day of it

After Fort Luton

4 historic ships, 3 castles and a cathedral are among the 61 within 15 km.

CathedralRochester Cathedral3.2 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageRochester Castle3.4 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageUpnor Castle4.6 km away 4

CastleLeeds Castle15 km away 5

Historic shipHMS Cavalier3.3 km away 6

Historic shipHMS Gannet3.4 km away 7

Historic shipHMS Ocelot3.3 km away 8

Historic shipRussian Foxtrot B-39 (U 475)3.8 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Good to know about Fort Luton

Where is Fort Luton?

Fort Luton is in Chatham, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Fort Luton?

Medway fort.

When is the best time to visit Fort Luton?

May to September are the warmest months in Chatham, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Fort Luton a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Fort Luton?

Within 15 km: Rochester Cathedral (3.2 km), Rochester Castle (3.4 km), Upnor Castle (4.6 km) and Leeds Castle (15 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Fort Luton: Youfoundmeout, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rochester Cathedral: Raggatt2000, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Rochester Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Upnor Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds Castle: Misterzee, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Cavalier: en:User:Swpmre, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Gannet: Paul Englefield from Leamington Spa, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Ocelot: Mark.murphy at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Russian Foxtrot B-39 (U 475): Hammersfan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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