On foot

Chatham and Rochester: Fort Amherst to the Castle

Two towns that run into each other along the Medway. The walk starts at Fort Amherst and the nearby apparition of Mary Goffe, then moves into Rochester for Restoration House, the Coopers Arms and the castle, said to be visited by Dickens himself.

5 stops · about 2.7 km · allow roughly 1 hr 30 min

  1. 1
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    Fort Amherst Tunnels, Chatham

    Fort Amherst, Dock Road, Chatham

  2. 2
    Hauntings
    Mary Goffe's Apparition, Chatham, 1691

    Churchfields area, Chatham

  3. 3
    Hauntings
    The lady of Restoration House

    Restoration House, Rochester

  4. 4
    Hauntings
    The bricked-up monk of the Coopers Arms

    St Margaret's Street, Rochester

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