Chatham World Heritage

Friends of the Admiral’s Gardens

Mike — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:23:35 +0000

First Litter Pick at Lower Lines Park

The Friends of the Admiral’s Gardens (the Lower Lines Park, next to MidKent College in Gillingham) will hold their first litter pick on Saturday 24 March.
We will be meeting in the playground area in the park, at 11:30.
All Equipment will be provided & everyone is welcome.

The group is also planning a series of community events and re-enactments over the Diamond Jubilee Holiday.

To find out more, contact Adam Price on 07976 969912.

Brompton Research Group Update

Mike — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:34:00 +0000

Share your memories of Brompton

By popular request – the Brompton Research Study Group – led by local volunteers – is running a second oral history event

Come along to a drop-in session. Bring any photos or documents to share with the group – there’s no need to book, and refreshments will be provided.

For more information contact Nicola Moy

on 01634 334319 or

chathamworldheritage@medway.gov.uk

All welcome on Friday 16 March

between 1pm and 5pm

at the Royal Engineers Museum,

Prince Arthur Road, Chatham

Next Friends of Great Lines Heritage Park Meeting

Mike — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:57:04 +0000

Friends of Great Lines Heritage Park AGM

All are welcome at the Friends of Great Lines Heritage Park AGM at 7pm on 29 February 2012 at the Brompton Westbrook Primary School, King’s Bastion, Brompton.

Clare Lanes, Medway Council Greenspace Development Officer, will give an update on the management and maintenance plan that she is drafting for the park.

Call Nicola Moy on 01634 334319 for details. Free parking available on site for this meeting.
Find out more about the Friends on:      www.foglhp.org.uk

or   www.facebook.com/groups/medwaygreatlines

Or you can also join our Twitter group: Twitter #greatlinespark

Future litter picks will be on: 10 March, 9 June, and 8 September 2012. Gloves, bags and pick sticks provided.

Royal School of Military Engineering Bicentenary Bridge – Update

Mike — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:05:29 +0000

Practical work has commenced on the GLHP in preparation for the construction of the RSME Bicentenary Bridge to celebrate the 200th anniversary of their establishment in Chatham.

Volunteers at Fort Amherst work towards RSME Bicentenary Bridge

This is a partnership project between the Royal School of Military Engineering, Fort Amherst Heritage Trust and is funded by the EU Walls and Gardens project.

Volunteers from Fort Amherst spent several days at the beginning of January clearing the walls of ivy and uncovering the adjacent pathways on the MoD owned section of the Inner Lines.

Path leading to Bicentenary BridgeVolunteers from Fort Amherst clearing the walls of ivy and uncovering pathways on the MoD owned section of the Inner Lines.

Once in place the bridge will link the MoD land and the unrestored Spur Battery within Fort Amherst.

Volunteers from Fort Amherst clearing the walls of ivy and uncovering pathways on the MoD owned section of the Inner Lines.

Great Lines Heritage Park – Latest News

Mike — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:06:03 +0000

Friends of GLHP carried out a community litter pick on the morning of Saturday 10th December 2011. Over 20 people turned up on the sunny but cold morning, including some welcome new faces as well as the regulars to help collect over 30 black sacks of rubbish.

Friends of GLHP carried out a community litter pick up.

The next litter pick is scheduled for Saturday 10th March 2012.

Meeting at the Naval Memorial car park. More details to follow nearer the time.

A job well done.

More awards for Great Lines Heritage Park!

joanne — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:29:14 +0000

Hot on the heels of the Institution of Civil Engineers “Engineering Excellence” award, given to Prince Williams Bridge for best structure in the southeast in July, we are delighted to have received not just one, but two prestigious Landscape Institute awards. The Great Lines Heritage Park was highly commended in the Heritage and Conservation category, and overall winner of the Local Landscape Planning award. Well done to all involved! See http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/events/awards2011.php for details.

Nicola Moy with our two Landscape Institute Awards

Prince William’s Bridge has also recently picked up its second accolade - Mott MacDonald’s BNI Engineering Excellence Award!

Chatham World Heritage newsletter

joanne — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:19:40 +0000

The November edition of the Chatham World Heritage newsletter can be downloaded here We hope you find it an interesting read. Please do get in touch with your feedback.

Brompton Research Open Day

joanne — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:17:14 +0000

The Brompton Research Study Group – led by local volunteers – is looking for memories of Brompton. If you visited, worked or lived in Brompton in the ‘40s, ‘50s or ‘60s (or earlier) please come along to a drop-in session on 13^th January 2012, between 1.30 to 3.30pm, at the Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archives (Prince Arthur Road, Gillingham). Or, if you know anyone who fits the bill, please encourage them to attend – there’s no need to book, and refreshments will be provided.

This session is part of a bigger project exploring what it was like to live in Brompton from the age of sail onwards. For more information on the open session or the project as a whole, please contact Nicola Moy via 01634 334319 or chathamworldheritage@medway.gov.uk.

Winter Opening Times

joanne — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:06:34 +0000

Please note that from Friday 21st October winter closing hours for Fort Amherst’s parkland will begin. The gates will continue to be opened at 6.15am, but will close at 3.45pm.

Partnership Meeting at Brompton Barracks – all welcome.

joanne — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:18:37 +0000

The next meeting of the Chatham World Heritage Partnership will take place on Thursday 3rd November, at the Royal School of Military Engineering (Brompton Barracks). We are pleased to let you know that this meeting is being generously supported by The Berkeley Group. Managing Director Matthew Biddle says “We are delighted to support such a vibrant community partnership with such valuable aims, and Berkeley are fully behind the World Heritage Site bid for Chatham Dockyard and its Defences.”

An agenda for the evening can be downloaded here To reserve a place, please email chathamworldheritage@medway.gov.uk, or call 01634 331176 by Wednesday 26th October.

As Brompton Barracks is an operational military establishment, you are asked to bring with you two forms of identification, at least one of which should be photographic. You are welcome to drive into the barracks (via the Wood Street entrance), but will need to provide your registration number in advance - and you should be prepared for your boot, and / or bonnet to be checked. If you plan to arrive on foot, please enter via the Wood Street entrance.