Chatham Dockyard, Main Gate
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🌳Ancient
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.39174, 0.52652
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕The Wagon Stop Canteen — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕The Wagon Stop Canteen — a good base for a longer summer day out
Best for
6 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +44 more · last seen 2026
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: MAIN GATE AND ATTACHED DOCKYARD PERIMETER WALL TO SOUTH WEST; Historic site
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +44 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Migrant Hawker, Common Darter, Long-winged Cone-head +14 more · last seen 2025
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
1066 Harold's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km▾
Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route
Strood Community TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bath Hard LaneWalking route▾
Chattenden Woods WalkWalking route▾
216 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heron TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 179National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
Gillingham<>Rainham Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route▾
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 177Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route▾
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Main Gate (Pembroke) Chatham Dockyard
Photos
Main Gate (Pembroke) Chatham Dockyard
Facilities
☕Café
The Wagon Stop Canteen · 295m
🅿️Parking
Wood Street · 117m
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
19,012 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,012 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds47 species
summerautumnwinter
2026Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · House Sparrow · Rock Dove
+42 more speciesHide species list
All 47 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2026Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Long-winged Cone-head · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird
+12 more speciesHide species list
All 17 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,012 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds47 species
summerautumnwinter
2026Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · House Sparrow · Rock Dove
+42 more speciesHide species list
All 47 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2026Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Long-winged Cone-head · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird
+12 more speciesHide species list
All 17 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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