Chatham Historic Dockyard will reopen to visitors this weekend But it has announced it will also be opening its gates for free, from Wednesday, July 22 until Friday, July 24, exclusively for Blue ...

The Historic Dockyard Chatham is one of over 200 attractions around the UK that Blue Peter badge holders can get into for free. To gain free entry, each child must have a Blue Peter badge ...

Over the sinister black bulge of the sonar I could see the Georgian and Victorian spread of The Historic Dockyard Chatham ... He went to the Tower for it, poor Pett. The unmissable thing is ...

But since Chatham Dockyard shut down in 1984, millions of pounds has been spent regenerating both the site and the town. It came as a bolt from the blue. The devastating news that Chatham Dockyard ...

The Historic Dockyard Chatham should be on everyone's radar... or sonar. The Kent attraction is simply stupendous. Honestly. I've spent 20 years writing about the cultural spaces of London ...

On 31 March 1984 more than 7,000 skilled workers at Chatham Dockyard lost their jobs, as well as another 10,000 people in supporting industries. With them went the Kent town's long history of ...

The Historic Dockyard Chatham has been awarded a £550,000 government grant to upgrade its visitor facilities. The dockyard's trustees will use the money to help relocate the attraction's museum and ...

The closure of Chatham Dockyard on 31 March 1984 brought to an end more than 400 years of shipbuilding and naval tradition, but three decades on what is the legacy that was left behind?

Terry Lewis (top left), Eileen Griffin (centre) and Alex Routen (bottom) have fond memories of the dockyard The closure of Chatham Dockyard on 31 March 1984 brought to an end more than 400 years ...