What is Chatham, Kent?
{{About|Chatham, Kent||Chatham}} [[File:Chatham Dockyards.jpg|thumb|Chatham Dockyards]] '''Chatham''' is a large town in [[Medway]], North [[Kent]]. About 70,000 people live there. The town is important because of its [[harbour]]. Even though the harbour is no longer used, it is still important for [[tourism]]. The first mention of the town was in the year 1086. In the year 1667, the [[docks]] were attacked by the [[Dutch people|Dutch]]. [[Charles Dickens]] lived in Chatham from 1817 to 1821. In the Chatham town centre is [[The Pentagon Shopping Centre]] as well as the [[Chatham Waterfront bus station]] and close by is [[Chatham railway station]]. {{multistub|geo|UK}} [[Category:Chatham, Kent| ]]