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    • Home
    • Plan Your Visit
    • Events
      • What's On
      • VE Day Celebrations
      • 4 Paws at the Fort
      • Bee Happy Adventure
      • Spare a Fort for Bees
      • Spirit Investigations
      • Midsummer Nightmare
      • Divorced Beheaded Died
      • Twelfth Night
      • Children's Birthday Party
    • Cafe
    • History
    • Community
    • Venue Hire
    • FAQs

  • Home
  • Plan Your Visit
  • Events
    • What's On
    • VE Day Celebrations
    • 4 Paws at the Fort
    • Bee Happy Adventure
    • Spare a Fort for Bees
    • Spirit Investigations
    • Midsummer Nightmare
    • Divorced Beheaded Died
    • Twelfth Night
    • Children's Birthday Party
  • Cafe
  • History
  • Community
  • Venue Hire
  • FAQs

Regular Events & Tours

Tunnels at Fort Amherst, Chatham

Tunnel Tours


Explore the complex maze of tunnels hidden within Fort Amherst, built to protect and defend the Medway Towns.  Built to defend for over 300 years, from Napoleonic to World War II.


Tours run at 11:00 daily and must be pre-booked in advance.


Prices from £9.00


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Beekeeper at Fort Amherst, Chatham

Spare a Fort for Bees


Join us for a unique experience meeting the Fort Amherst bees.

The experience lasts approximately 3 hours and includes lunch in the Pantry.

Discover the importance of bees, then don your beekeeper suit and get close up and meet them whilst they are hard at work.


Prices from £75.00



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Spirit Investigations at Fort Amherst, Chatham.

Spirit Investigation


 Our experienced guides will show you around Fort Amherst telling stories about the unexplained happenings here...You will be actively hunting and connecting with the spirits that inhabit the tunnels and other buildings within the fort... 



Prices from £35.00



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Ghost Tours at Fort Amherst, Chatham

Ghost Tours


 Some say they can feel a change in atmosphere the moment they enter the tunnels, others that every underground nook and cranny has been the scene of some unexplained event… Many an intriguing tale has been handed down through generations of Medway folk… and all are said to be true! 


Prices from £17.50


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Afternoon Tea at the Cannon Cafe


Why not make a day of it and join us in our Cannon Cafe for our amazing Afternoon Tea.  Ticket includes a selection of sandwiches, scones, sweet treats and unlimited tea and coffee.


Pre-booking is essential to ensure availability.


Prices from £20.00  


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Sunday Roast at the Cannon Cafe


Visiting on a Sunday, we would love for you to join us for a traditional Sunday Roast.  A choice of meats, seasonal vegetables, Yorkshires, gravy and UNLIMITED Roast Potatoes.


Pre-booking is essential to ensure availability.


Prices from £10.00  


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School & Group Visits

We love to welcome groups and schools!

We want to make sure everything is as you would like please contact us for a group booking form.

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ME4 4UB, Chatham, Medway, England, United Kingdom

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Opening Times

Summer Opening Times

08:00 - 19:00


Winter Opening Times

08:00 - 16:00

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Fort Amherst has excellent public transport links, only a short walking distance from Chatham Train and Bus Stations.

Fort Amherst

ME4 4UB, Chatham, Medway, England, United Kingdom

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08:00 – 16:00

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