Machine Shop #8

Places of Interest Nearby

Upnor Castle

Castle

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Upnor Castle is an Elizabethan artillery fort located on the west bank of the River Medway in Kent. It is in the village of Upnor, opposite and a short distance downriver from the Chatham Dockyard, at one time a key naval facility. Upnor Castle is situated 2,800 feet northwest of Machine Shop #8.

HMS Gannet

Photo: Paul Englefield, CC BY 2.0.

HMS Gannet is a Royal Navy Doterel-class screw sloop-of-war launched on 31 August 1878. It became a training ship in the Thames in 1903, and was then loaned as a training ship for boys in the Hamble from 1913. HMS Gannet is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Machine Shop #8.

Lower Lines Park

Park

Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lower Lines Park, also known as Admiral's Gardens, is a public park in Gillingham, Kent. The park is part of the former Chatham Lines, a defensive moat built in 1803 to protect Chatham Dockyard. Lower Lines Park is situated 2,800 feet southeast of Machine Shop #8.

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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.

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.

Wainscott

Village

Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wainscott is a small village in Rochester, in Kent, England. It is in the civil parish of Frindsbury Extra, in the Medway Unitary Authority, that is Medway Council.

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