Places to see in ( Rochester - UK )
Places to see in ( Rochester - UK )
Rochester is a town and historic city in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, England. Rochester is at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway about 30 miles from London.
Rochester was for many years a favourite of Charles Dickens, who owned nearby Gads Hill Place, Higham, basing many of his novels on the area. The Diocese of Rochester, the second oldest in England, is centred on Rochester Cathedral and was responsible for the founding of a school, now The King's School in 604 AD, which is recognised as being the second oldest continuously running school in the world.
Rochester Castle, built by Bishop Gundulf of Rochester, has one of the best preserved keeps in either England or France, and during the First Barons' War (1215–1217) in King John's reign, baronial forces captured the castle from Archbishop Stephen Langton and held it against the king, who then besieged it.
Rochester and its neighbours, Chatham and Gillingham, Strood and a number of outlying villages form a single large urban area known as the Medway Towns. These places nowadays make up the Medway Unitary Authority area. It was, until 1998, under the control of Kent County Council and is still part of the ceremonial county of Kent, under the latest Lieutenancies Act.
Rochester lies within the area, known to geologists, as the London Basin. The low-lying Hoo peninsula to the north of the town consists of London Clay, and the alluvium brought down by the two rivers—the Thames and the Medway—whose confluence is in this area. The land rises from the river, and being on the dip slope of the North Downs, this consists of chalk surmounted by the Blackheath Beds of sand and gravel.
Rochester comprises numerous important historic buildings, the most prominent of which are the Guildhall, the Corn Exchange, Restoration House, Eastgate House, as well as Rochester Castle and Rochester Cathedral. Many of the town centre's old buildings date from as early as the 14th century up to the 18th century. The chapel of St Bartholomew's Hospital dates from the ancient priory hospital's foundation in 1078.
A new Huguenot Museum, which includes items from the collections of the French Hospital, was opened in Rochester on 13 May 2015, with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund and individual donations. Since 1980 the city has seen the revival of the historic Rochester Jack-in-the-Green May Day dancing chimney sweeps tradition, which had died out in the early 1900s.
Rochester is on the A2, which crosses the Medway at Rochester Bridge – the route roughly follows the ancient road known as Watling Street. Rochester railway station is on the Chatham Main Line and the North Kent Line. Rochester Airport began in September 1933 when Rochester City Council purchased some land as the site for a municipal airport.
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24 hours in Northern Ireland Travel Guide
Join us for our 24 Hours in Northern Ireland travel guide as we cover attractions, landmarks, scenery, food and nightlife worth experiencing. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to visit Northern Ireland and experience something different for every hour of the day? That's exactly what we did in this travel video covering a different experience for every single hour of the day in Northern Ireland.
05:00 - Sunrise at Giant’s Causeway
06:00 - Catch and Sea Tour
07:00 - Visit the Dark Hedges
08:00 - Walk the Gobbins Coastal Path
09:00 - Cross the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge
10:00 - Visit the Titanic Belfast Museum
11:00 - Grab a bite at St. George’s Market
12:00 - Go on a Belfast Food Tour
13:00 - Have lunch at Harry’s Shack
14:00 - Dress up at Game of Thrones Castle Ward
15:00 - Belfast Street Art Tour
16:00 - Belfast Gin Jaunt
17:00 - Walled City Brewery
18:00 - Boomboarding
19:00 - Visit Lough Navar Viewpoint
20:00 - Spa Experience at Finn Lough Resort
21:00 - Watch sunset over Lough Erne
22:00 - Nightlife in Cathedral Quarter
23:00 - Late dinner at Deanes Love Fish
24:00 - Moonlight Kayaking
01:00 - Cocktails at The Merchant Hotel
02:00 - Nightlife at The Bullitt Hotel
03:00 - Learn to bake sourdough bread at Ursa Minor Bakehouse
04:00 - Sleep in a Haunted Castle
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I recently travelled to Northern Ireland with the sole purpose of tracking down 24 unique moments travellers can experience - one for each hour of the day. From food tours to Game of Thrones experiences, and coastal walks to haunted castle visits, here’s is what I experienced in Northern Ireland.
Giant’s Causeway is a UNESCO Heritage Site that features no less than 40,000+ interlocking basalt columns. Legend has it that Irish giant, Finn MacCool, built the causeway across the North Channel to accept a fight from Scottish giant Benandonner.
The Gobbins is a modern cliff path located in County Antrim. The walk takes you across bridges past caves and through tunnels.
For my 9:00 am activity, I visited the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, which links the mainland to the small island of Carraig a’ Ráid.
The suspension bridge offers the best vantage points for landscape photos.
Titanic Belfast museum offers visitors a chance to learn about the lives of the workers who built the Titanic, along with the passengers and crew who made the fateful voyage.
An Ulster Fry features soda bread, potato bread, back bacon, fried eggs, fried mushrooms, sausages, baked beans, hash browns and toast.
With a burgeoning food scene the Belfast Food Tour is a great way to sample some of the best bites and drinks the city has to offer.
The 4-hour guided walk takes you to some top food and drink spots around Belfast while better acquainting yourself with the city!
At Harry's Shack I had a hankering for fish and chips and it was the best I’ve had in Northern Ireland.
The Dark Hedges wasn’t the only GOT destination I visited. Game Of Thrones fans will be glad to know that you can visit Castle Ward to experience Winterfell by dressing up in costume and putting those archery skills to the test.
After all that pampering, I made it down to Lough Erne for sunset with a side of roasted marshmallows. At Deanes Love Fish they had an amazing seafood platter indulging to the max!
If you’re looking for something to do at 01:00 am, be it ending the evening or kickstarting the night, the Merchant Hotel is a great spot for a cocktail and conversation. I finished the night at Bullitt Hotel, where there was a live DJ set and party atmosphere.
The story of Lady Isabella goes that after being locked in her room and starved by her husband, she fell to her death from the window. Mediums who spent the night at the castle reported that there are numerous ghosts.
And that’s a wrap for my solo adventure in Northern Ireland. I hope this 24 hour travel guide gave you some ideas of cool things you see, do, and eat when you visit. In the meantime, wishing you happy travels and until next time!
This is part of our Travel in Northern Ireland video series showcasing Northern Ireland food, Northern Ireland culture and Northern Ireland cuisine.
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Coalhouse Fort is a late nineteenth century artillery position guarding the River Thames designed by General Gordon, later of Khartoum fame.
There was a fort on this site dating to the sixteenth century although nothing survives. The fort was rebuilt in the 1874. The fort is located on low lying land in a curve of the river Thames at East Tilbury and was positioned there to form a triangle of fire between Coalhouse Fort on the Essex bank of the river and Cliffe Fort and Shornmead Fort on the Kent bank.
During World War Two, rooms in Coalhouse Fort were equipped with instruments used to monitor the magnetic field of ships as they left the docks at Tilbury. This monitoring was to confirm the effectiveness of the individual vessel's degaussing equipment. Degaussing is a process whereby the naturally occurring magnetic field of a steel hulled ship could be neutralised by fitting electrical cables around the hull and passing an electric current through them. The neutralisation of the magnetic field was used as a countermeasure against magnetic mines which are triggered by the magnetic field of a ship's hull passing over them. The monitoring station was staffed by Wrens (Women's Royal Naval Service) working with civilian technicians. Cables were laid on the river bed and as ships passed over them, the magnetic field could be measured and (if necessary) adjustments made to the ship's equipment. The fort communicated with the ships by flags, Aldis lamp and in some cases by launch if the ship failed to stop. The Wrens and the technical staff were under strict orders not to discuss their work as degaussing was highly secret.
When completed in 1874, a single tier of armoured casemates and an open battery housed 20 rifled muzzle loading guns of 9, 11 and 12.5 inch calibre. By 1906, these were obsolete and were replaced by breech loading 6 inch and 12 pounder quick firing guns. These served through World War I but were all removed by the 1930s. In May 1940, the 5.5 inch guns were removed from HMS Hood in a refit. A pair of these were installed in specially built casemates on the roof of the fort.
Coalhouse Fort itself is partly surrounded by a water filled wet ditch (not moat) and a dry ditch as part of the defences from the Victorian period. Apart from wells and a water storage cistern, there are no underground structures at Coalhouse. As the fort is built on marshland, any excavations would be likely to fill with water.
Due south from the fort and close to the river is the remains of a quick firing battery. This was constructed in the early part of the twentieth century and originally equipped with 12 pounder artillery pieces. Further on down the river, at some distance from the fort, there are a number of defensive works. On the river foreshore about half a mile from the fort stands the remains of an early radar tower. This tower was constructed during World War II and was one of the earliest examples of its type. Because of the secrecy surrounding radar during World War II this structure was marked on maps as a 'water tower' to confuse the enemy and this 'decoy' name has been continued on maps up until recently.
The fort has been used as a location for TV programmes and films. These include the external shots of the prison at the beginning of Batman Begins.
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