Gillingham is a town in part of Kent’s docklands. It is a town with considerable maritime history and was an important dock area along with Chatham until 1946. The Docks were first opened by Queen Elizabeth I in 1622.
The Docks were Gillingham’s main source of employment and when they closed in 1984 there was mass unemployment causing many social problems. The dock area is now mainly a World Heritage Site.
Brompton Barracks in Gillingham is home to a Royal Engineers Regiment museum.
Sports clubs are all around the town for football and ice-skating amongst others. The Black Lion Leisure Centre has three swimming pools, a gym, a sports hall and squash courts plus a centre for trampolining. The Strand Leisure Park has an open-air pool on the banks of the River Medway and also has tennis courts and a narrow gauge railway.
Gillingham has a large street market in the High Street on Saturdays and Mondays. There is a busy business park three miles out of town.
Some of the shops to be found in town include Kidzone, Principles, Hassan, New Look and Burtons.
Property to rent is available with prices in the region of for a l bed flat £375-£495pcm, for a 2 bed flat, £575-£850pcm for a 2 bed house £590-£630 and for 3 bed house £750-£1060pcm.
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