| check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 12:00 pm. the single to 2-bedroom family rooms have simple, country-style furnishings and decor, and come with flat-screen tvs, wifi (fee), and tea and coffeemaking facilities. 9 miles from rochester. free wifi is available in public areas, while other amenities include 5 meeting rooms. breakfast is included, and there's also an informal restaurant serving a locally sourced menu, plus a lounge/bar. this family-run, modern hotel is a 12-minute walk from the historic dockyard chatham, a 14-minute walk from gillingham train station and 2. suites add whirlpool baths and 4-poster or sleigh beds
Heathrow Airport 1 hr 20
Thames Estuary (1 hr 56)
1 of the country's largest, this landmark estuary features shipping routes & various lighthouses. Shorne Woods Country Park (15 min)
Visitor centre, cafe and marked paths in 288 acres of woodlands, lakes, wetlands and meadows. Upnor Castle (9 min)
Fort with tranquil grounds adjoining a riverside village with coin rubbing and canon firing. Maidstone Museum (22 min)
Over 660,000 diverse artworks and artefacts from Old Masters to fossils in a gabled manor house. Rochester Castle (11 min)
Landmark 11th century Norman castle with large keep giving views over the River Medway, plus tours. Royal Engineers Museum (4 min)
Interactive exhibitions and objects including photos, medals, a Harrier jump jet and a V2 rocket. Fort Amherst Heritage Trust (7 min)
Barracks and history Mote Park (26 min)
Large park with woodland play area, BMX track, pitch and putt course, skate park, lake and cafe. Rochester Cathedral (11 min)
Norman building with a Romanesque facade, a 14th-century library door and daily CofE services. Diggerland Kent (15 min)
Playful amusement park featuring life-sized diggers, excavators & more for kids & adults to operate. Guildhall Museum (10 min)
This 1687 building houses a museum of local history & a number of rooms preserved in original style. Dickens World (5 min)
State-of-the-art animatronics, a 4D cinema and Victorian recreations expand on the work of Dickens. Leeds Castle (24 min)
Travel from a medieval queen's room to the 1920s, plus gardens, golf, zip slides and falconry. The Historic Dockyard Chatham (4 min)
Historic Royal Navy warships and shipbuilding heritage in an 18th-century dockyard museum. Kent Life (19 min)
Farming history, tractors and play areas, plus activities and a cafe within 28 acres of countryside. | 
