Chatham Dockyard, Officers' Reading Room and Admirals' Conference Room
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.39358, 0.52715
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Herring Gull
- ✦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
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Herring Gull
- ✦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
7 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Rock Dove +43 more · last seen 2025
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Rock Dove +43 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland
Historic site; Grade I listed building nearby: FORMER COMMISSIONER'S HOUSE AND ATTACHED STAFF ACCOMMODATION
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Migrant Hawker, Common Darter, Long-winged Cone-head +14 more · last seen 2025
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▾
217 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 177Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
(A2)<>(NCN1)Cycling route▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route▾
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Rear of Officers' Terrace, Chatham Historic Dockyard
Photos
Rear of Officers' Terrace, Chatham Historic Dockyard
Facilities
☕Café
The Wagon Stop Canteen · 101m
🅿️Parking
Wood Street · 119m
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
18,561 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,561 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds46 species
summerautumnwinter
2025Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow
+41 more speciesHide species list
All 46 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
🦌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
18,561 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds46 species
summerautumnwinter
2025Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow
+41 more speciesHide species list
All 46 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
🦌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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