chatham

The railway line ran from just past Gillingham train station to Chatham dockyard it opened in 1877 and shut in 1984 there is a lot of history about this railway line and I will leave a link below about it as if not it would be a lot to type out about it History Website

I've known about this place for a couple of years now, since I live not there far from here. Well, if you count about half an hour walk as close. It was only recently that I've managed to get to exploring this place, mostly because I almost forgotten about the school dereliction. I couldn't...

As this already made it round, as its being bored up ( Inside and outside as they are also boring up the doors from the inside & On other urbex forms via different people ) i post my report post my report. I have known about the bingo hall ever since it closed down in 2020, and I have always...

This was a permission visit of the old Argos in Chatham With the permission of the manager of the GSA charity, I was allowed into the building to take some photographs of what it used to look like before they transformed it into their new charity shop, which replaced the old Argos building. I...

Visited with @Llama @James Cross @Stumpy_UX & @Wastelandr. Thanks guys for a great evening 👍 History The Royal Marines deep refuge is a multi level air raid shelter constructed in 1938 at the time of Munich crisis. There’s not a lot more info of the history of shelter but the barracks above...

History of St John Fisher Catholic School St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School, located in Chatham, Kent, is a unique 11-18 mixed Roman Catholic school and sixth form. It first opened its doors in 1964 and stands out as the only Catholic secondary school in the Medway area. In March...

St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School, Chatham, Kent - January 2024 St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School is a mixed gender Catholic Comprehensive school based in Rochester, Kent. It was opened in 1964, it is the only catholic school within the local authority, and was the only...

ello! new member in chatham. explored a few places but nothing special. looking for some tips n locations (i know people don't hand these out, but i'll take anything even if its just a tip) to explore. - dizzy

Hello I’m relatively new to urban exploring, I’ve done a few places but they were mostly local. I’m from Chatham, Kent and I am down to go exploring with others, I have a few locations of my own but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to gain access. i used to go with my friend but he’s a bit of a...

St John Fisher Catholic School, Medway, Kent - September 2023 There is something quite interesting about derelict Mid Century Schools. Maybe its because I attended one (though not a Catholic one), and often thought about how brutal and oppressive the masses of concrete and angular corridors...

THE HISTORY Fort Horsted was built between 1879 and 1889 as part of the Chatham forts scheme to defend the inland side of the Royal Dockyard alongside Fort Luton, Borstal and Bridgewood, as well as several other more minor defences. These forts were built by prisoners of Borstal Prison as cheap...

The Explore: When I first started exploring I spent a lot of time researching places to visit in my local area, Medway. One place that really caught my interest was the underground main magazine of the Napoleonic era Fort Pitt in Chatham. As far as we could tell nobody had been inside since...

The Trafalgar Centre was built in the early 1960s, with the intention of being a Fine Fare supermarket until its closure in 1987 and in around 1990 it became known as The In-Shops, which was occupied by several independent small businesses. The complex had a fast-food dining area and a Kwik Save...

This is a pretty well known site, i didnt get round to doing a report mainly as this entry and it's planning had fuck all to do with me, it was carried out by a few of the lads who spent many a long night working away at it quietly, and when all was said and done they had a little meet up and...

Quick bit of history: This is one of the many forts in Medway and construction started in 1808 and completed in 1812. The fort was built to run from its flanking tower Medway Tower that sat on the river right through to it's other flanking tower Maidstone Tower on Maidstone road, sadly neither...