Events at Fort Amherst
Tunnel Tours
VE Day Extended Tunnel Tour
VE Day Extended Tunnel Tour
Daily
Come and discover how the tunnels were used during Napoleonic times for shelter, storage and defence. Also, discover the strategic role that the tunnels of Fort Amherst played during World War II as a base of operations.
VE Day Extended Tunnel Tour
VE Day Extended Tunnel Tour
VE Day Extended Tunnel Tour
Daily
New for 2025 we will be introducing our World War Two tour, exploring areas of the Fort that have rarely been open to the public. Discovering the Fort's importance in protecting Medway during WW2.
Bee Happy Adventure
VE Day Extended Tunnel Tour
Spirit Investigation
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26th May - 1st June
Help us find the 7 bees which have hidden around the Fort and win a prize. As you find the bees, you can scan their QR Codes and you will learn all about the bees and their important jobs within the hive.
Spirit Investigation
Spare a Fort for Bees
Spirit Investigation
14th June 2025
Experienced guides will help you investigate the paranormal potential at Fort Amherst – with plenty of spooky stories of the unexplained happenings here.
Midsummer Nightmare
Spare a Fort for Bees
Spare a Fort for Bees
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15th June 2025
Midnight Circle Theatre present "Midsummer NightMare". Enter into a dream of magic, mischief, and a touch of darkness as we take you on a Gothic journey through Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Spare a Fort for Bees
Spare a Fort for Bees
Spare a Fort for Bees
22nd June 2025
Join us for a unique experience meeting the Fort Amherst bees.
The experience lasts approximately 3 hours and includes a lunch in the Cannon Cafe.
Spare a Fort for Bees
Divorced, Beheaded, Died
Divorced, Beheaded, Died
12th July 2025
Join us for a unique experience meeting the Fort Amherst bees.
The experience lasts approximately 3 hours and includes a lunch in the Cannon Cafe.
Divorced, Beheaded, Died
Divorced, Beheaded, Died
Divorced, Beheaded, Died
18th & 19th July 2025
Join us for an audience with Henry VIII along with a Hog Roast Supper and ale or wine (included in the ticket price).
Summer Proms
Divorced, Beheaded, Died
Twelfth Night
Sundays from July - August
Every Sunday from 20th July - 31st August, live music from 2pm in our newly refurbished amphitheatre.
Full line up to be confirmed
Twelfth Night
Spare a Fort for Bees
Twelfth Night
25th July 2025
A play by William Shakespeare performed by Changeling Theatre
If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction..
Spare a Fort for Bees
Spare a Fort for Bees
Spare a Fort for Bees
2nd August 2025
Join us for a unique experience meeting the Fort Amherst bees.
Discover the importance of bees, then don your beekeeper suit and get close up and meet them whilst they are hard at work.
Spirit Investigation
Spare a Fort for Bees
Spare a Fort for Bees
2nd August 2025
Experienced guides will help you investigate the paranormal potential at Fort Amherst – with plenty of spooky stories of the unexplained happenings here.