Fort Darnet, Gillingham

Name: Fort Darnet
Address: Gillingham, United Kingdom

#22 among attractions in Gillingham

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Fort Darnet, is a nineteenth-century military installation on the River Medway in Kent, England, that formed part of the defences of Chatham Naval Dockyard. Fort Darnet, like its twin Hoo Fort 1 km upstream, was built on the recommendations of the 1859 Royal Commission on an island covering Pinup Reach, the inner navigable channel of the River Medway. ()

Built: XIX centuryCoordinates: 51°24'24"N, 0°35'47"E

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Gillingham United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Priestfield Stadium, Dockside Outlet Centre, Riverside Country Park, Berengrave Chalk Pit.

2.2 miSW
Arenas and stadiums, Football, Sport
Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham
56 min walk • Priestfield Stadium is a football stadium in Gillingham, Kent. It has been the home of Gillingham Football Club since the club's formation in 1893, and was also the temporary home of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club for two seasons during the 1990s.
2.7 miW
51°24'4"N • 0°32'5"E
Dockside Outlet Centre, Gillingham
69 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre, Outlet mall
1.3 miS
Park
Riverside Country Park, Gillingham
34 min walk • Riverside Country Park is a large coastal public park, situated alongside the River Medway estuary between Gillingham and Rainham. The park covers about 100 hectares - approximately 247 acres.
2.5 miS
Park
Berengrave Chalk Pit, Rainham
63 min walk • Berengrave Chalk Pit is a 9.5-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Rainham in Kent. It is owned and managed by Medway Council. There is a small lake in a disused chalk pit, and other habitats are scrub, woodland and reedbeds, which flood an area of willow carr.
2.7 miW
Museum, Military museum, History museum
Royal Engineers Museum, Gillingham
70 min walk • The Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive is a military engineering museum and library in Gillingham, Kent. It tells the story of the Corps of Royal Engineers and British military engineering in general.
2.8 miW
Forest
Tower Hill to Cockham Wood, Gillingham
72 min walk • Tower Hill to Cockham Wood is a 47.8-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Rochester in Kent. It contains two Geological Conservation Review sites.
1.8 miNW
Area
Hoo St Werburgh, Gillingham
46 min walk • Hoo St Werburgh, commonly known as Hoo, is a large village and civil parish in the Medway district of Kent, England. It is one of several villages on the Hoo Peninsula to bear the name Hoo, a Saxon word believed to mean "spur of land" or to refer to the "distinct heel-shape of the ridge of hills" through the settlement.
2.7 miW
51°24'50"N • 0°32'9"E
Medway Yacht Club, Gillingham
68 min walk • Sailing, Marina
2.8 miW
Amusement, Amusement park, Museum
Dickens World, Chatham
71 min walk • Dickens World was a themed attraction located in the Chatham Dockside retail park in Kent, England. It was themed around elements of the life and work of Charles Dickens.
2.7 miW
Church
St George's Chapel, Gillingham
70 min walk • St. George's Chapel at Chatham, Medway, Kent is the chapel in an area that used to be Chatham Dockyard known as HMS Pembroke, used by the Royal Navy for centuries. It is notable for its naval connections.
0.7 miW
Forts and castles
Fort Hoo, Gillingham
18 min walk • Hoo Fort is a nineteenth-century military installation on the River Medway in Kent, England, that formed part of the defences of Chatham Naval Dockyard.