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Chatham shopping
Rediscover Chatham shopping
If you've not been to Chatham to shop for a while it's time to
take another look. More than 250,000 people per month are already
in on Kent's best-kept shopping secret - and it's right on your
doorstep.
Festive entertainment
Father Christmas is sweeping into town on Saturday, 26 November.
Starting at 11am from the Tesco end of the High Street, there will
be a procession along the High Street and onto Military Road on his
way to the Pentagon Shopping Centre around 11.45am where he’ll take
up residence in his grotto.
Get more from your Christmas shopping with festive street
entertainment every Saturday, 3-17 December including children’s
art and craft activities, juggling Jack Frost, elves and Rodney the
Lazy Reindeer.
Late night shopping
A host of stores have
extended opening hours so there’s plenty of time for everyone
to get organised.
Save money this Christmas with Medway City Card
For special offers and discounts in shops, restaurants and
attractions across Medway, apply online on the Medway
City Card website.
More than 300 reasons to visit
With major road improvements and the
town's new bus station operational the future is looking bright for
Medway's retail heart - and there are already more than 300 reasons
to visit.
That's the number of shops in and around the town, including the
Pentagon Centre and
the full stretch of the High Street from Gundulph Road to the Luton
Arches - offering a wide selection to suit all budgets.
And it isn't just fashion that's catered for - although there's
plenty of that with big name chains like
Argos, Burtons,
Dorothy Perkins,
Debenhams,
Primark and TK Maxx plus
independents like Internacionale
and Bling Bling
Shoes.
For your weekly shopping there's
Sainsbury's at the Pentagon and Tesco just off The
Brook plus family firms like Payne's
Stores - selling fruit and vegetables - and High Street butcher
JC
Rook and Sons.
Music lovers and bookworms might try HMV, Waterstones,
WH Smith or
Sound and Image
which sell music and memorabilia on the first floor and vintage
guitars upstairs.
Other hobbies are also catered for with drummers beating a trail
to Mid Air Music for example. For
fans of DIY fish suppers there's the Rod and Line Angling Centre plus
bridle wear of the non-wedding kind at Happiest Horses.
Where Chatham High Street meets Rochester, there is The Signal Box, a
delight for anyone with a train set in the attic and Cycle
King handily located for a quick pedal along
national Cycle Route One.
If you've been left hungry by all that ‘shoppercise’ there's
choice aplenty whether it's for a sit down meal, a sandwich,
watching the world go by or ignoring it altogether and burying your
head in a paper.
Options include the Blueberry
Park sandwich bar,
Mr Bean Coffee House in High Street plus Gourmet
Grub in Railway Street. There are also plenty of choices inside
the Pentagon Centre.
Try
My Cafe in Batchelor Street for traditional pie and mash or
Bells
of Chatham, at The Brook end of the High Street, for sit down
fish and chips. Down the opposite end towards Medway Street is
Chatham's own restaurant row with English, Thai, Malaysian,
Mediterranean, Chinese, Indian and Mexican dishes on the menu.
For those with time, shopping and eating are only half the story
for enjoying what Chatham has to offer. Why not round off the day
with a theatre show at the Central or Brook, a game of
tenpin bowling in the Pentagon and a stroll around Fort
Amherst with its famous Napoleonic Tunnels, off Dock Road. The
Fort is also linked to the
Great Lines Heritage Park via a recently opened bridge offering
commanding views across Medway; perfect for plotting future
shopping expeditions.
Win £1,000 shopping vouchers
This competition closed on Monday, 21
November 2011.
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