Gillingham War Memorial
The Gillingham War Memorial, also referred to as the Black Lion Memorial and the Medway Park War Memorial, is a Grade II listed war memorial situated at the junction of Mill Road and Brompton Road in Gillingham, Kent, England.Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: war memorial in Medway, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Medway Park War Memorial”
- Address: Mill Road, Gillingham, ME7 1HL
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Medway Park Sports Centre and Black Lion Skatepark.
Medway Park Sports Centre
Sports venue
Medway Park Sports Centre, formerly known as the Black Lion Leisure Centre, is a prominent sports facility located in Gillingham, Kent, England. Opened on 14 December 1973 by Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run a sub-four-minute mile, the centre has undergone significant transformations over the decades. Medway Park Sports Centre is situated 420 feet northwest of Gillingham War Memorial.
Black Lion Skatepark
Archaeological site
Medway Park Sports Centre, formerly known as the Black Lion Leisure Centre, is a prominent sports facility located in Gillingham, Kent, England. Opened on 14 December 1973 by Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run a sub-four-minute mile, the centre has undergone significant transformations over the decades. Black Lion Skatepark is situated 630 feet north of Gillingham War Memorial.
Royal Engineers Museum
Museum
Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Royal Engineers Museum is a military engineering museum and library in Gillingham, Kent, England. It tells the story of the Corps of Royal Engineers and British military engineering in general. Royal Engineers Museum is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Gillingham War Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gillingham and Brompton.
Gillingham
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Chatham
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chatham is a historic maritime town in the English county of Kent, on the River Medway. Steeped in naval heritage, it offers a mix of cultural, outdoor, and family-friendly activities.
Gillingham War Memorial
- Categories: war memorial and historic site
- Location: Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.38967° or 51° 23′ 23″ northLongitude
0.542° or 0° 32′ 31″ eastOpen location code
9F329GQR+VQOpenStreetMap ID
way 1323965748OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q26677893
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