{"id":18402,"date":"2019-09-07T17:30:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T15:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=18402"},"modified":"2025-03-23T16:06:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T14:06:31","slug":"the-historic-dockyard-chatham","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/the-historic-dockyard-chatham\/","title":{"rendered":"The Historic Dockyard Chatham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chatham Historic dockyard<\/strong> in the Medway Towns. It was a huge <strong>Naval shipyard<\/strong> that closed down in about 1984. A large part of it has been turned into a brilliant museum of gigantic proportions with all manor of interest connected to shipping, not just naval, you can find here a <strong>Westland Dragonfly<\/strong>.<br> It is often used for film locations as there are many original Victorian buildings, the biggest being the Ropery which still does demonstration today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Historic Dockyard Chatham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chatham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kent ME4 4TY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2015\/05\/30\/united-kingdom\/\" rel=\"noopener\">United Kingdom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thedockyard.co.uk\">https:\/\/thedockyard.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a class=\"button-meta text\" href=\"email:info@chdt.org.uk\"><span class=\"text-link\">info@chdt.org.uk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"text-link\">+44 1634 823800<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mid February \u2013 31 March: Wednesday- Sunday 10:00 &#8211; 16:00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 April \u2013  end October: Tuesday &#8211; Sunday 10:00 &#8211; 18:00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>November \u2013 mid November: Wednesday- Sunday 10:00 &#8211; 16:00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Admission fee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Dockyard.Chatham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/facebook.jpg\" alt=\"facebook\" class=\"wp-image-922\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d158517.18792387072!2d0.3882089043278142!3d51.394072093164915!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x47d8cda5900c7c83%3A0xc2b6ea7f78fa24ca!2sThe%20Historic%20Dockyard%2C%20Chatham%2C%20Verenigd%20Koninkrijk!5e0!3m2!1snl!2snl!4v1567868826737!5m2!1snl!2snl\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aircraft collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/the-historic-dockyard-chatham\/westland-dragonfly-hr-3-wg751-gj710-royal-navy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18407\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Westland-Dragonfly-HR.3-WG751-GJ710-Royal-Navy-728x546.jpg\" alt=\"Westland Dragonfly HR.3 WG751\/GJ710 Royal Navy, \" class=\"wp-image-18407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Westland-Dragonfly-HR.3-WG751-GJ710-Royal-Navy-728x546.jpg 728w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Westland-Dragonfly-HR.3-WG751-GJ710-Royal-Navy-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Westland-Dragonfly-HR.3-WG751-GJ710-Royal-Navy-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Westland-Dragonfly-HR.3-WG751-GJ710-Royal-Navy-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Westland-Dragonfly-HR.3-WG751-GJ710-Royal-Navy.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>WG751\/GJ710<\/td><td>Westland Dragonfly HR.3<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chatham Historic dockyard in the Medway Towns. It was a huge Naval shipyard that closed down in about 1984. A large part of it has been turned into a brilliant museum of gigantic proportions with all manor of interest connected to shipping, not just naval.<br>\nIt is often used for film locations as there are many original Victorian buildings, the biggest being the Ropery which still does demonstration today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo Mark Griffiths<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chatham Historic dockyard in the Medway Towns. It was a huge Naval shipyard that closed down in about 1984. 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