A YEAR-LONG CELEBRATION

There will be a year-long programme of events, activities, exhibitions and talks at the dockyard for Festival 400: Celebrating 400 years of the world’s most complete dockyard of the age of sail. Powerful Tides: 400 Years of Chatham and the Sea kicks things off with Brick History – famous scenes from history recreated in Lego®, following after, from Friday, July 6 to Saturday, September 15.

That will be followed by Untold Stories: A Black History of Kent (an exhibition focussing on the untold stories) on Friday, October 5 to Sunday, December 2.

The dockyard is the only place visitors can explore a complete, once working dockyard, from the age of sail and beyond, with its magnificent maritime past and unmatched contribution to the shipbuilding excellence which led to the command of the oceans.