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During its 40th anniversary year, Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust is delighted to announce that His Majesty The King has confirmed his Patronage of the award winning charity, continuing the role he first took up in 2006 as HRH The Prince…

The Kent & East Sussex Railway (K&ESR) is helping to reintroduce an environmentally important native tree to the Weald - the Elm - which virtually disappeared from the English landscape in the 1970s, following an outbreak of Dutch Elm Disease…

Volunteers, staff and trustees at one of Kent’s favourite visitor attractions are waiting to hear if it has been named as one of the top tourist spots in the whole of the country. The Battle of Britain Memorial on the…

Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust is proud to announce a new scheme that will enable free school visits to The Historic Dockyard Chatham for up to 900 students from high pupil premium schools in Medway. This has been made possible through…

Get ready for an epic weekend of gaming madness at the Medway Gaming Festival across Father’s Day weekend on 15 and 16 June 2024. Immerse yourself in the ultimate gaming experience in a unique historic setting. The Medway Gaming Festival…

Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust is pleased to announce it has been awarded £2,318,400 for capital works to Commissioner’s House by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport through the Museum Estate and Development Fund (MEND), administered by Arts Council England.…

The Kent & East Sussex Railway (K&ESR) has confirmed the first two guest locomotives for its 50th Anniversary Gala, taking place on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd June 2024. The first guest loco is a star of the original railway…

 Part of the groundbreaking conservation project to return the iconic species to the Kent skyline A leading British wildlife conservation charity has given an exciting glimpse of its first clutch of red-billed chough eggs from this year’s breeding season. The…