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Kitchener Barracks

This is Kitchener Barracks, an attraction in Chatham. The surrounding 5 km hold 26 more places to visit. Rochester Cathedral, 1.6 km off, heads what is near.

Where

In Chatham

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Attraction in Chatham

Inside Chatham

Kitchener Barracks is inside Chatham’s built-up area, with 26 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

How the seasons run

From May to September, Chatham sees highs of 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

Kitchener Barracks

Attraction.

In Chatham, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Attraction
Town: in Chatham
Official site: bondbryan.co.uk/project/kitchener-barracks

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

The map

The way to Kitchener Barracks

Kitchener Barracks is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Kitchener Barracks

With 108,485 people, Gillingham is the largest of the 8. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Chatham

76,956 people · 37 places to visit

2 · 100 m southeast of it

Gillingham

108,485 people · 33 places to visit

3 · 500 m west of it

Rochester

67,279 people · 34 places to visit

4 · 1.6 km north of it

Lower Upnor

837 people · 27 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Kitchener Barracks is	People	Places to visit
Chatham	It’s in town	76,956	37
Gillingham	100 m southeast of it	108,485	33
Rochester	500 m west of it	67,279	34
Lower Upnor	1.6 km north of it	837	27
Chattenden	3.1 km north of it	2,417	24
Hoo St Werburgh	3.4 km northeast of it	8,758	25
Cuxton	4.1 km west of it	3,039	25
Cliffe Woods	4.8 km north of it	2,689	18

Make a day of it

After Kitchener Barracks

The 58 places within 15 km include 4 historic ships, 2 castles and a cathedral.

CathedralRochester Cathedral1.6 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageRochester Castle1.8 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageUpnor Castle2.1 km away 4

Historic shipHMS Cavalier800 m away 5

Historic shipHMS Gannet900 m away 6

Historic shipHMS Ocelot800 m away 7

Historic shipRussian Foxtrot B-39 (U 475)1.8 km away 8

MuseumRoyal Engineers Museum900 m away

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

Questions people have about Kitchener Barracks

Where is Kitchener Barracks?

Kitchener Barracks is in Chatham, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Kitchener Barracks?

Attraction.

When is the best time to visit Kitchener Barracks?

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

What else is there to see near Kitchener Barracks?

Within 15 km: Rochester Cathedral (1.6 km), Rochester Castle (1.8 km), Upnor Castle (2.1 km) and HMS Cavalier (800 m).

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 (8)

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
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
Royal Engineers Museum: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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