Rochester

Rochester Castle

Castle · A Norman fortress above the River Medway, with one of the best-preserved keeps in England.

Rochester Cathedral

Church · A Norman cathedral rising above the Medway, founded in 604, with a Norman crypt and rare medieval wall paintings.

Chatham Dockyard

Museum · A former Royal Navy dockyard, now a museum where you can board a Second World War destroyer, a Cold War submarine and a Victorian ropery.

Upnor Castle

Castle · A Tudor riverside fortress on the Medway, later a gunpowder magazine, on the bank of the Medway.

Restoration House

Historic house · A private historic house and walled garden in Rochester, said to have inspired Dickens's Satis House and named for a night stay by Charles II.

Fort Amherst

Attraction · A hilltop fortress built to guard the dockyard, with ramparts to walk and a maze of tunnels cut into the chalk.

Eastgate House

Historic house · An Elizabethan townhouse on Rochester High Street, written into two Dickens novels, with his own writing chalet in its garden.

Guildhall Museum Rochester

Museum · A fine 1687 civic building holding the town's museum, from a prison-hulk reconstruction to a Dickens gallery.

Rochester High Street

Old streets · A historic street of old buildings running from the castle and cathedral, tied to Dickens and to Rochester's festivals.