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Rochester is often referred to as 'the City of Great Expectations' due to its association with Charles Dickens. There is a Dickens Centre, as well as Dickens festivals in the summer and Located strategically on one bank of the River Medway, the city has retained significant remnants of its fortified past. Sections of both its Roman, and medieval town walls still remain adjacent Close to Rochester are late medieval Upnor Castle and the impressive Fort Amherst in Chatham.
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Chatham Dockyard Historical Society
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The Society was founded in 1980 by a group of Dockyard men dedicated to perpetuating the history and work of Chatham Dockyard. |
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Cobham Hall
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Cobham Hall is an outstandingly beautiful red brick mansion dating from 1584, which demonstrates an exciting combination of Elizabethan, Jacobean, Carolean and 18th Century styles. |
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Kent Life
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There's so much new to do at Kent's premier heritage farm attraction with 28 acres of fun which includes our timed-daily activities |
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Towns near Rochester
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Strood Tourist Information
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Wainscott Tourist Information
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Chatham Tourist Information
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Chatham is a large town to the south west of Gillingham in Kent. It is on the banks of the River Medway and is rich in naval dockyard history. |
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Self Catering near Rochester
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QL self catering/serviced apartments are close to the town centre of Maidstone. We are only a fourty five minute train journey from London Victoria station. Maidstone is located in the heart of Kent. |
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The apartment, which is self contained and on two floors, forms part of the Pump House, a large house in the country village of Great Burstead in the county of Essex. The village is close to Billericay. |
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to its great Norman Castle. The Castle and Norman Cathedral are among England's finest, originally dating from the eleventh century.
