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Known for
The Medway Historic Dockyard (Royal Engineers Museum), Chatham's maritime connection, the Medway towns' collective character, and a Kent town with deep naval and military heritage
A little history
Gillingham forms part of the Medway conurbation with Chatham and Rochester. The Royal Engineers Museum tells the extraordinary story of the Sapper corps — the engineers who built Empire infrastructure worldwide. The Medway towns have strong naval and military heritage running through their identity.
The Royal Engineers Museum is excellent and free — one of the finest military engineering museums in Britain. The Medway waterfront walk. The Pentagon Centre for local shopping. The Strand Leisure Park for families.
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The town has independent food options. The Medway area has a growing independent food scene. Rochester nearby has excellent independent food on the High Street.
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Gillingham is a place in Kent known for the Medway Historic Dockyard (Royal Engineers Museum), Chatham's maritime connection, the Medway towns' collective character, and a Kent town with deep naval and military heritage. Gillingham forms part of the Medway conurbation with Chatham and Rochester. The population is around 102,000.
The town has independent food options. The Medway area has a growing independent food scene. Rochester nearby has excellent independent food on the High Street.
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