Old Brook Pumping Station
Old Brook Pumping Station, was a water pumping station operating in Chatham, Kent from 1929 until 1980. It now survives as a working museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Email: miag@oldbrookpumping.co.uk
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: building in Chatham, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Brook Low Level Pumping Station” and “Brook Pumping Station”
- Address: Solomons Road, Chatham, ME4 4AJ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chatham Ragged School and McDonald’s, High Street (Chatham).
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 550 feet northeast of Old Brook Pumping Station.
McDonald’s, High Street (Chatham)
Fast food restaurant
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
McDonald’s, High Street (Chatham) is a fast food restaurant.
Burger King
Fast food restaurant
Photo: OathOn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Burger King is a fast food restaurant.
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.
Old Brook Pumping Station
- Categories: pumping station, building, tourism, historic site, and industrial building
- Location: Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.38219° or 51° 22′ 56″ northLongitude
0.52761° or 0° 31′ 39″ eastInception
September 25th, 1929Operator
Medway Industrial Archaeology Group (MIAG)Open location code
9F329GJH+V2OpenStreetMap ID
way 598635568OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialOpenStreetMap feature
historic=water_pumping_stationOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q15979211
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Old Brook Pumping Station”. Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.