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Fort Bridgewoods, Gillingham

#36 among attractions in Gillingham

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Coordinates: 51°21'33"N, 0°29'42"E
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Rochester WestGillingham United Kingdom

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Fort Bridgewoods – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Baty's Marsh, Fort Horsted, Medway Viaducts, Fort Borstal.

  • batys marsh strood1.3 miN
    Park

    Baty's Marsh, Strood

    34 min walk • Baty's Marsh is a 10.4-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Rochester in Kent. It is owned and managed by Medway Council. This is one of the few remaining salt marshes in the Medway area, and it has a rich fauna, especially wading birds.

  • fort horsted gillingham0.8 miE
    Forts and castles

    Fort Horsted, Gillingham

    21 min walk • Fort Horsted is a scheduled monument that lies in the Horsted Valley to the South of Chatham, Kent, England. It is a late 19th-century Land Fort, and one of six constructed around Chatham and Gillingham, Kent to protect HM Dockyard Chatham from attack.

  • medway viaducts1.4 miNW
    Bridge

    Medway Viaducts

    37 min walk • The Medway Viaducts are three bridges or viaducts that cross the River Medway between Cuxton and Borstal in north Kent, England. The two road bridges carry the M2 motorway carriageways. The other viaduct carries the High Speed 1 railway line. All three bridges pass over the Medway Valley Line.

  • fort borstal gillingham0.8 miN
    Forts and castles

    Fort Borstal, Gillingham

    21 min walk • Fort Borstal was built as an afterthought from the 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, by convict labour. Construction started in 1875 but was suspended in 1885. The fort was completed around 1895. it was one of a series of four forts that ringed Chatham.

  • nashenden down chatham0.6 miNW
    Park

    Nashenden Down, Chatham

    15 min walk • Nashenden Down is a 55-hectare nature reserve on the southern outskirts of Rochester in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust, and is in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

  • borstal village hall gillingham1 miNW
    51°22'21"N • 0°29'3"E

    Borstal Village Hall, Gillingham

    27 min walk • City hall

  • borstal strood1.1 miN
    Neighbourhood

    Borstal, Strood

    28 min walk • Borstal is a place in the Medway unitary authority of Kent in South East England. Originally a village near Rochester, it has become absorbed by the expansion of Rochester. The youth prison at Borstal gave its name to the Borstal reform school system.

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Which popular attractions are close to Fort Bridgewoods?

Nearby attractions include Nashenden Down, Chatham (15 min walk), Fort Horsted, Gillingham (21 min walk), Fort Borstal, Gillingham (21 min walk).

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