Site of Gillingham fort, Gillingham

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PS Medway Queen

Building

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The PS Medway Queen is a paddle driven steamship, the only mobile estuary paddle steamer left in the United Kingdom. She was one of the "little Ships of Dunkirk", making a record seven trips and rescuing 7,000 men in the evacuation of Dunkirk. PS Medway Queen is situated 380 feet south of Site of Gillingham fort, Gillingham.

Medway Police Station

Public building

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Medway Police Station is the main Kent Police facility for the Medway towns, located on Purser Way in Gillingham, Kent. It serves all Medway divisions and replaced several older local stations in Gillingham, Chatham, Rochester and Rainham. Medway Police Station is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Site of Gillingham fort, Gillingham.

Nasir Mosque

Mosque

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Nasir Mosque is a mosque in Gillingham, Kent, England. Located on Richmond Road, it was established in 1975 as Nasir Hall. It is among the earliest mosques established by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the UK and can accommodate 300 worshippers. Nasir Mosque is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Site of Gillingham fort, Gillingham.

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Gillingham

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Gillingham is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Rochester and Chatham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.

Brompton

Village

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Brompton is a suburban village situated between the town centres of Gillingham and Chatham, lying adjacent to Chatham Dockyard in Medway, Kent, England. Its name means "a farmstead where broom grows" — broom is a small yellow flowering shrub.

Hoo St Werburgh

Village

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Hoo St Werburgh, commonly known as Hoo, is a large village and civil parish in the Medway district of Kent, England. It is one of several villages on the Hoo Peninsula to bear the name Hoo, a Saxon word believed to mean "spur of land" or to refer to the "distinct heel-shape of the ridge of hills" through the settlement. Hoo St Werburgh is situated 1½ miles north of Site of Gillingham fort, Gillingham.

Site of Gillingham fort, Gillingham

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