Sheerness Dockyard is a historic dockyard located on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England. Established in the 17th century, it was once a major naval dockyard and played a significant role in the development of the British Royal Navy. Today, the dockyard is a popular tourist attraction, offering guided tours of its historic buildings, dry docks, and slipways. Visitors can explore the dockyard's rich maritime heritage, including its role in the Napoleonic Wars and the two World Wars. The dockyard is also home to a number of preserved historic vessels, including the HMS Gannet, a Victorian-era sloop, and the HMS Ocelot, a Cold War-era submarine.
Visit once a year to view the scorpions living in the port wall. Fascinating to see them. Don't forget your ultra violet torch to see them!
Peel Ports are not an enterprise which invests in the vicinity, instead taking as much money as they can away with them to Manchester. This has resulted in a Blue Town which in sixty years has never stopped getting more & more run down, to the point where it is exploring new realms of decay. Information boards on the dockyard wall speak of restored tram stop name boards affixed to the wall, originally to let workers know what was on the other side of the wall so they knew which stop to get off at for the specific factory they worked in. I did indeed notice some wooden boards, but any text had long since faded. The plaques also spoke of the remains of a gas outlet installed to enable workers to smoke, as ignition sources were banned inside the dockyard. Despite much searching, I could find no trace of it; perhaps it has been stolen for scrap. At one point, I found a gap in the wall to look through; what I saw on the other side, while more modern, was no less disheartening. It was acres & acres of concrete with the odd boarded-up former administrative building. The plaques finally said that for more information, I could pick up a leaflet at a local heritage information centre, but I found no such place. Only 2 buildings in Blue Town were open to the public at the time of my summer Saturday visit, one being a pub & the other a mason's yard. It seems like even 10 years ago, Blue Town was a place where the odd curious tourist might come for a wander, but today it is not even that. It is lucky not to have been pulled down & concreted over to provide more room for imported cars in the entrepot lot.
The Dockyard Church is a great venue. Certainly not to be confused as dingy as described. It's an award winning restoration, open to the public with a great little coffee shop. The co working facilities are available to hire, even on a daily basis if necessary. I am not sure where some of these reviews originate, but I do wish that were kept factual.
Very nice inside hadca nice cup of tea. Will go back again.
Dockyard Church. A beautifully restored interior. It's worth stopping at the Cafe inside; friendly and modern innit style.
It is a nice place, but I think, it is a such a big waste to leave the building like that after the fire. I hope its owners will build it back for its old beauty one day.
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Visit once a year to view the scorpions living in the port wall. Fascinating to see them. Don't forget your ultra violet torch to see them!
Peel Ports are not an enterprise which invests in the vicinity, instead taking as much money as they can away with them to Manchester. This has resulted in a Blue Town which in sixty years has never stopped getting more & more run down, to the point where it is exploring new realms of decay. Information boards on the dockyard wall speak of restored tram stop name boards affixed to the wall, originally to let workers know what was on the other side of the wall so they knew which stop to get off at for the specific factory they worked in. I did indeed notice some wooden boards, but any text had long since faded. The plaques also spoke of the remains of a gas outlet installed to enable workers to smoke, as ignition sources were banned inside the dockyard. Despite much searching, I could find no trace of it; perhaps it has been stolen for scrap. At one point, I found a gap in the wall to look through; what I saw on the other side, while more modern, was no less disheartening. It was acres & acres of concrete with the odd boarded-up former administrative building. The plaques finally said that for more information, I could pick up a leaflet at a local heritage information centre, but I found no such place. Only 2 buildings in Blue Town were open to the public at the time of my summer Saturday visit, one being a pub & the other a mason's yard. It seems like even 10 years ago, Blue Town was a place where the odd curious tourist might come for a wander, but today it is not even that. It is lucky not to have been pulled down & concreted over to provide more room for imported cars in the entrepot lot.
The Dockyard Church is a great venue. Certainly not to be confused as dingy as described. It's an award winning restoration, open to the public with a great little coffee shop. The co working facilities are available to hire, even on a daily basis if necessary. I am not sure where some of these reviews originate, but I do wish that were kept factual.
Very nice inside hadca nice cup of tea. Will go back again.
Dockyard Church. A beautifully restored interior. It's worth stopping at the Cafe inside; friendly and modern innit style.
It is a nice place, but I think, it is a such a big waste to leave the building like that after the fire. I hope its owners will build it back for its old beauty one day.
