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The Historic Dockyard Chatham

The Historic Dockyard Chatham is a maritime museum in Chatham, Kent. Nearby, Rochester Cathedral (1.7 km) heads a list of 59 within 15 km. Articles on it exist in 2 languages.

Photo: The Historic Dockyard Chatham, ClemRutter at English Wikipedia (CC BY 2.5)

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

Museum in Chatham

Inside Chatham

The Historic Dockyard Chatham 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

Choosing a month

In Chatham, May to September bring the warmest days: 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

The Historic Dockyard Chatham

Maritime museum in Chatham, Kent, England.

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

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Chatham
Official site: thedockyard.co.uk

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

Plan your visit

Address and hours

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Mapping The Historic Dockyard Chatham

On this map, The Historic Dockyard Chatham is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

Gillingham tops the 8 for size, at 108,485 people. 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 · 100 m southeast of it

Gillingham

108,485 people · 33 places to visit

3 · 400 m southwest of it

Rochester

67,279 people · 34 places to visit

4 · 1 km north of it

Lower Upnor

837 people · 27 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where The Historic Dockyard Chatham is	People	Places to visit
Chatham	It’s in town	76,956	37
Gillingham	100 m southeast of it	108,485	33
Rochester	400 m southwest of it	67,279	34
Lower Upnor	1 km north of it	837	27
Chattenden	2.5 km north of it	2,417	24
Hoo St Werburgh	3 km northeast of it	8,758	25
Cliffe Woods	4.3 km northwest of it	2,689	18
Cuxton	4.3 km southwest of it	3,039	25

Make a day of it

Beyond The Historic Dockyard Chatham

Within 15 km are 59 places, among them 4 historic ships, 2 castles and a cathedral.

CathedralRochester Cathedral1.7 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageRochester Castle1.8 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageUpnor Castle1.5 km away 4

Historic shipHMS Cavalier200 m away 5

Historic shipHMS Gannet300 m away 6

Historic shipHMS Ocelot300 m away 7

Historic shipRussian Foxtrot B-39 (U 475)1.6 km away 8

MuseumRoyal Engineers Museum800 m away

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

Quick answers on The Historic Dockyard Chatham

Where is The Historic Dockyard Chatham?

The Historic Dockyard Chatham is in Chatham, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is The Historic Dockyard Chatham?

Maritime museum in Chatham, Kent, England.

When is the best time to visit The Historic Dockyard Chatham?

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 The Historic Dockyard Chatham?

Within 15 km: Rochester Cathedral (1.7 km), Rochester Castle (1.8 km), Upnor Castle (1.5 km) and HMS Cavalier (200 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)

The Historic Dockyard Chatham: ClemRutter at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, 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
Royal Engineers Museum: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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