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The admission charge has doubled since you last went to visit.

popartist | 08.11.19 - 7:36 a.m. | #

You could also have taken the M2 from North Greenwich non stop to the Dockyard every hour. Stagecoach run it.

dg wites: Added, thanks.

Al | 08.11.19 - 7:37 a.m. | #

That looks absolutely brilliant, worth it for the sub alone. Those structures are wonderful too.

Kevin | 08.11.19 - 7:44 a.m. | #

It’s a good day out. You can get a bus from the station.

David | 08.11.19 - 7:50 a.m. | #

Chatham is a superb place to visit - probably worth two days to tick everything.

Pedant alert... (sorry). Something of a maritime affectation, but submarines are always referred to as boats, not ships due to the number of decks (or lack of) above the water line when afloat.

Marc | 08.11.19 - 8:02 a.m. | #

I visited about two and a half years ago and loved the place but I don't recall having paid anything like £25 admission, at that sort of price its a certainty that I wont be going back again.

fishislandskin | 08.11.19 - 8:31 a.m. | #

2007: £12.50
2014: £18.50
2019: £25.00

The 'book in advance' online price is £22.
Tickets last one year.

English Heritage membership = 15% off.
A 2-for-1 voucher is available for those arriving by train.
Blue Peter badge holders get in free.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 08.11.19 - 8:47 a.m. | #

I knew it was worth keeping them...

Ken | 08.11.19 - 9:25 a.m. | #

The 2-for-1 offer is also available if you arrive on the M2 coach.

Man of Kent | 08.11.19 - 9:38 a.m. | #

The Dockyard looks like one of those places that might actually be value for money compared to what many attractions charge for what is usually a relatively short time. I'm not particularly interested in maritime stuff, but it looks as if it still might be interesting to me from a historical point of view.

The 1972 sweet prices are almost the same as those that are etched in my mind at the time of decimalisation in 1971,(I was a youngster working in a corner shop then :-) ). Together with cigarette prices, 1971 is always the reference point in my mind when I think about how prices have changed.

Large bars of Cadburys were 1s (5p), a Mars bar 7d (3p). I think a box of fruit gums / pastilles or smarties was 1s9d (9p)
No.6 and similar were 4s for 20, Capstan and Senior Service (untipped) 7s2d, and 1/2 oz Old Holborn or GV 3s6d. I think the 2oz tins were 14 bob. Fag papers 3d.
I wonder what the Naafi prices for tobacco products was.

The conversion rates are also etched in my mind. Funny how some things always stick out.

Rogmi | 08.11.19 - 9:51 a.m. | #

When we last went, a couple of years ago, the price included free re-entry within a year. As so often happens, we didn't get round to going back, but for such an enormous site, the offer did make the high price seem less dreadful.

Malcolm | 08.11.19 - 9:51 a.m. | #

I wish I knew what happened to my Blue Peter badge.

kev | 08.11.19 - 10:27 a.m. | #

The Navy seem to have a habit of getting acronyms mucked up.

In 1917 the WRENS were going to be the Women's Auxiliary Naval Corps until someone at the War Office twigged.

Chris | 08.11.19 - 10:49 a.m. | #

Don't apologies Marc - love the ship/boat distinction (makes a change from boat/barge :-)

Sarah | Homepage | 08.11.19 - 12:46 p.m. | #

The dockyard is fab. Upnor Castle, just across the river, is also worth a visit. Small, but perfectly formed.

Auntie Doris | 08.11.19 - 1:07 p.m. | #

I last went in the mid 90s! I remember the rope room back then, but the rest of the place was quite run down - the dry docks were full of old junk equipment IIRC.

I did get to climb up the posts (they have handholds) in the dry docks though (with a rope harness) which was fun and terrible at the same time because they are really high.

It looks like it is time to revisit - the ships/boat weren't there (or they weren't open to the public) back then.

Sykobee | 08.11.19 - 3:23 p.m. | #

Ropery indeed. France has a well known and probably as old or older "Corderie Royale" (corderie-royale.com) by an Arsenal in Rochefort (former English territory , of course, until Richelieu took care of this). The recently built replica of La Fayette sailboat also lives here.

Ropey | 08.11.19 - 3:47 p.m. | #

Dunno about "everyone drives"; Chatham's not that remote! We'd almost certainly have gone by train anyway and the 2-for-1 offer certainly tips the balance towards public transport. The coach stopping rather closer means I may well use that instead.

Andrew S | 08.11.19 - 9:29 p.m. | #











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