Chatham Naval Memorial
Chatham Naval Memorial is a large obelisk situated in the town of Chatham, Kent, which is in the Medway Towns. The memorial is a feature of the Great Lines Heritage Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great Lines Heritage Park and Chatham Ragged School.
Great Lines Heritage Park
Park
The Great Lines Heritage Park is a linked network of open spaces in Kent’s Medway Towns—Chatham, Gillingham, Brompton and the Historic Dockyard. Shaped by its military past, it encompasses Fort Amherst, the Chatham Lines, the Field of Fire, the Inner Lines, Lower Lines Park and Medway Park Sports Centre. Great Lines Heritage Park is situated 730 feet northeast of Chatham Naval Memorial.
Chatham Ragged School
Historic building
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chatham Ragged School is a former ragged school in King Street, Chatham, Kent. Built in 1858, it served as a free school for poor and destitute children under the Victorian “ragged school” movement. Chatham Ragged School is situated 680 feet west of Chatham Naval Memorial.
Old Brook Pumping Station
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Brook Pumping Station, was a water pumping station operating in Chatham, Kent from 1929 until 1980. It now survives as a working museum. Old Brook Pumping Station is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Chatham Naval Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chatham and Brompton.
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.
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
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.
Chatham Naval Memorial
- Type: Garden
- Description: war memorial in Chatham, Kent, England, UK
- Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained memorial, recreation area, historic site, and memorial
- Location: Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.38362° or 51° 23′ 1″ northLongitude
0.53208° or 0° 31′ 56″ eastOperator
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionOpen location code
9F329GMJ+CROpenStreetMap ID
way 31263427OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenWikidata ID
Q5087681
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In Other Languages
“Chatham Naval Memorial” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “查塔姆海軍紀念碑”
Notable Places Nearby
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