Museum · Gillingham · Kent

Royal Engineers Museum

Royal Engineers Museum is a military museum in Gillingham, Kent. It holds the status of a Grade II listed building. Look also at Rochester Cathedral, 2.4 km away, first of 63 more within 15 km.

Photo: Royal Engineers Museum, Immanuel Giel (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Gillingham

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Gillingham

Inside Gillingham

Royal Engineers Museum is inside Gillingham’s built-up area, with 27 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Gillingham has 130 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

Which month to go

The warmest stretch in Gillingham is May to September, at 17–23°C in the afternoon.

Jan8° / 2°63 mm

Feb8° / 2°48 mm

Mar11° / 4°39 mm

Apr14° / 5°44 mm

May17° / 8°47 mm

Jun20° / 11°48 mm

Jul23° / 13°43 mm

Aug23° / 13°51 mm

Sep20° / 11°51 mm

Oct15° / 8°72 mm

Nov11° / 5°71 mm

Dec8° / 3°65 mm

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

About

Royal Engineers Museum

Articles on it exist in 4 languages.

Gillingham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Gillingham
Official site: re-museum.co.uk

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

Plan your visit

The essentials

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Royal Engineers Museum and what surrounds it

Numbered points are the places near Royal Engineers Museum, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Royal Engineers Museum

Gillingham tops the 7 for size, at 108,485 people. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Gillingham

108,485 people · 33 places to visit

2 · 600 m south of it

Chatham

76,956 people · 37 places to visit

3 · 1.1 km west of it

Rochester

67,279 people · 34 places to visit

4 · 1.4 km north of it

Lower Upnor

837 people · 27 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Royal Engineers Museum is	People	Places to visit
Gillingham	It’s in town	108,485	33
Chatham	600 m south of it	76,956	37
Rochester	1.1 km west of it	67,279	34
Lower Upnor	1.4 km north of it	837	27
Hoo St Werburgh	2.5 km northeast of it	8,758	25
Chattenden	2.6 km north of it	2,417	24
Cliffe Woods	4.7 km northwest of it	2,689	18

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Nearby, 63 places within 15 km include 4 historic ships, 3 castles and a cathedral.

CathedralRochester Cathedral2.4 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageRochester Castle2.6 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageUpnor Castle1.8 km away 4

Historic shipHMS Cavalier800 m away 5

Historic shipHMS Gannet900 m away 6

Historic shipHMS Ocelot900 m away 7

Historic shipRussian Foxtrot B-39 (U 475)2.4 km away 8

CastlePS Kingswear Castle900 m away

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

Royal Engineers Museum in questions

Where is Royal Engineers Museum?

Royal Engineers Museum is in Gillingham, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Royal Engineers Museum?

Military museum in Gillingham, Kent, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Royal Engineers Museum?

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

Is Royal Engineers Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Royal Engineers Museum?

Within 15 km: Rochester Cathedral (2.4 km), Rochester Castle (2.6 km), Upnor Castle (1.8 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 (9)

Royal Engineers Museum: Immanuel Giel, 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
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
PS Kingswear Castle: Robert Mason, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

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