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During your yacht charter, boat trip or booking you may wish to consider visiting some of the following sights of the River Medway, River Thames and East Coast. Details and links can be found below:
The Historic Dockyard, Chatham (click here for www) The Historic Dockyard, Chatham is a stunning 80 acre site with historic buildings, museum galleries, historic warships and a vibrant programme of events and activities. Upnor Castle (click here for www) This Tudor castle, built in the 16th century, was designed by Sir Richard Lee in order to protect warships that anchored in the River Medway. Being of a military naval capacity, it is not surprising that the plan of Upnor Castle does not conform to traditional castle ideals. Rochester Castle (click here for www) The ancient city of Rochester has a distinguished history which can arguably rival any other in modern Britain. The famous Roman road, Watling Street, crosses the River Medway here on its way from London to Dover via Canterbury, and since that time, Rochester has always been regarded as an important strategic stronghold. However, it's the medieval castle and cathedral which attract the attention of the modern visitor, both built within the old Roman city walls, they have resisted siege and destruction for over 900 years. Rochester Bridge (click here for www) The Victorian cast iron bridge opened with great fanfare in 1856 had a short life. Only fifty years after its completion, it was already showing the strain. Several spectacular collisions had damaged the cast iron arches below the bridge, and the quinquennial inspection of April 1909 showed numerous fractured floor plates, damaged ribs, and missing or defective bolts. The swing bridge, which in the end had never been opened, had been permanently closed during the 1890s and the winding gear removed. The time had arrived for major renovation. Whitstable Windfarm (click here for www) The most common way of getting energy from the wind is through setting up 'Wind farms'. The first wind farm was set up in November 1991. In March 2004 there were 1,043 wind turbines in operation at 84 sites around the UK, providing 649.4 MW or 0.3-0.4% of the UK's electricity supply. Wreck of SS RIchard Montgomery (click here for www) The wreck remains on the sandbank where she sank. The wreck lies across the tide close to the Medway Approach Channel and her masts are clearly visible above the water at all states of the tide. There are still approximately 1,400 tons of explosives contained within the forward holds. The Thames Barrier (click here for www) The control of flooding is one of the Environment Agency's most important responsibilities. In the lower part of the tidal Thames, the main threat comes from the sea and the defences include a number of moveable gate structures, which are maintained and operated by the Environment Agency. The O2 Dome (click here for www) The O2 has an overall diameter of 365 metres, an internal diameter of 320 metres, a circumference of a kilometre and is 50 metres high at its central point . The twelve steel masts are 100 metres high. If you turned The O2 upside down, it would take Niagara Falls 15 minutes to fill it! Maritime Greenwich (click here for www) Situated on the River Thames, Maritime Greenwich is a World Heritage Site and famous for such historic landmarks as the Cutty Sark, the last surviving tea clipper, and the Royal Observatory, the home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Meridian Line, Longitude 0°. St Katherine Docks (click here for www) St Katharine Haven is London's leading yacht marina. Situated alongside Tower Bridge, it is the ideal berthing place for anyone wishing to visit the capital. Tower Bridge (click here for www) Tower Bridge has stood over the River Thames in London since 1894 and is one of the finest, most recognisable bridges in the World. The British Airways London Eye (click here for www) Since opening in March 2000 the British Airways London Eye has become an iconic landmark and a symbol of modern Britain. The London Eye is the UK’s most popular paid for visitor attraction, visited by over 3.5 million people a year. A breathtaking feat of design and engineering, passengers in the London Eye's capsules can see up to 40 kilometres in all directions. The Houses of Parliament (click here for www) The first known royal palace to occupy Parliament’s site was Edward the Confessor’s (c1065). Parliament officially remains a royal palace and is still referred to as the ‘Palace of Westminster’. The site was used as a royal residence until Henry VIII moved the royal family out in 1512 following a fire.
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