# Things to see in Rochester (United Kingdom): 80 places and when to go

> Rochester is a town in United Kingdom, and this site lists 80 places in and around it, mainly History (38), Nature (12), Wildlife (12). The best known are Rochester Cathedral, Rochester Castle and Upnor Castle. The best time to come is April to September; also possible: February to March, October and December. In June there are 16 h 21 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 38. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/rochester/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** United Kingdom · 51.4015, 0.4995
- **Places:** 80 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/historia/) (38) · [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/naturaleza/) (12) · [Wildlife](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/fauna/) (12) · [Temples](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/espiritual/) (9) · [Museums and art](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/museos/) (7) · [Food and drink](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/gastronomia/) (7)
- **Best time:** April to September.
- **Also possible:** February to March, October and December.
- **Nearest airport:** LGW London, 55 km as the crow flies

## What to see in Rochester

The places in and around Rochester, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Rochester Cathedral](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/rochester-cathedral/): Norman church in Rochester, Medway, Kent, England, UK · 1.4 km
- [Rochester Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/rochester-castle/): Castle in Rochester, Kent, South East England · 1.3 km
- [Upnor Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/upnor-castle/): Fort located on the River Medway in Kent · 2.0 km
- [Blue Bell Hill](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/bluebell-hill/): Hill in Kent, England, UK · 7.8 km
- [SM UB-122](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/sm-ub-122/): 1918 Type UB III submarine · 9.8 km
- [Allington Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/allington-castle/): Stone-built moated castle in Allington, England · 12 km
- [HMS Cavalier](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hms-cavalier/): 1944 C-class destroyer · 2.0 km
- [Coffin Stone](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/coffin-stone/): Archaeological artifact in Kent, England · 9.3 km
- [Cooling Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cooling-castle/): Quadrangular castle in Cooling, Medway, Kent, United Kingdom · 6.2 km
- [HMS Gannet](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hms-gannet/): 1878 Doterel-class screw sloop · 2.0 km
- [HMS Ocelot](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hms-ocelot/): 1962 Oberon-class submarine · 2.0 km
- [Thurnham Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/thurnham-castle/): Castle in Thurnham, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK · 14 km
- [Coalhouse Fort](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/coalhouse-fort/): Artillery fort at Coalhouse Point in Essex, England, UK · 8.5 km
- [Cockham Wood Fort](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cockham-wood-fort/): Fort in Hoo St Werburgh, Kent, England, UK · 3.8 km
- [Kit's Coty House](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/kit-s-coty-house/): Dolmen in England · 9.1 km
- [Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/siri-guru-nanak-darbar-gurdwara/): Gurdwara in Gravesend, Gravesham, Kent, England · 9.5 km
- [St Leonard's Tower, West Malling](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-leonard-s-tower/): Grade I listed tower in West Malling, Kent, England, UK · 14 km
- [Boxley Abbey](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/boxley-abbey/): Abbey · 11 km
- [Cliffe Fort](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cliffe-fort/): Fortification · 7.5 km
- [Coldrum Long Barrow](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/coldrum-long-barrow/): Neolithic chambered long barrow near Trottiscliffe, Kent, England, UK · 13 km
- [Fort Darnet](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/darnet-fort/): Disused military installation in Kent, England, UK · 6.8 km
- [Gads Hill Place](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/gads-hill-place/): House in Higham, Kent, England, UK; country home of Charles Dickens · 3.1 km
- [Rochester Bridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/rochester-bridge/): Bridge in Rochester, Kent, England, UK · 1.0 km
- [Royal Engineers Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/royal-engineers-museum/): Military museum in Gillingham, Kent, England, UK · 2.9 km

And the other 56, by what you come to do:

- **History**: [St George's Church, Gravesend](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-george-s/), [Tilbury Fort](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/tilbury-fort/), [White Horse Stone](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/white-horse-stone/), [Fort Bridgewoods](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/fort-bridgewoods/), [Fort Luton](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/fort-luton/), [Hoo Fort](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hoo-fort/), [Jezreel's tower](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/jezreel-s-tower/), [New Tavern Fort](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/new-tavern-fort/), [Old Brook Pumping Station](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/old-brook-pumping-station/), [Chatham Historic Dockyard](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-historic-dockyard-chatham/), [Black Lion Skatepark](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/black-lion-skatepark/), [Chatham Town Hall](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/former-town-hall-and-medway-arts-centre/), [Fort Amherst](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/fort-amherst/), [Little Kit's Coty House](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/little-kit-s-coty-house/), [Restoration House](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/restoration-house/), [Rochester Bridge railway station](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/site-of-rochester-bridge-station-rochester/), [Aylesford Priory](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-friars-aylesford-priory/)
- **Temples**: [All Saints Church, West Farleigh](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/all-saints-church-west-farleigh/), [St Mary Magdalene Church, Stockbury](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/church-of-st-mary-magdalene-stockbury/), [St George's Chapel, Chatham](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-george-s-chapel/), [St Martin of Tours Church, Detling](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-martin-of-tours-detling/), [St Mary's and All Saints Church, Boxley](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-mary-and-all-saints/)
- **Nature**: [Great Lines Heritage Park](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/great-lines-heritage-park/), [Darland Banks](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/darland-banks/), [Jeskyns](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/jeskyns-community-woodland/), [Ranscombe Farm](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/ranscombe-farm-nature-reserve/), [Stanford Warren](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/stanford-warren-nature-reserve/), [Thurrock Thameside Nature Park](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/thurrock-thameside-nature-park/), [Vinters Valley Park](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/vinters-valley-nature-reserve/), [RSPB Northward Hill Nature Reserve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/rspb-northward-hill-nature-reserve/), [Salt Fleet Flats Reserve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/salt-fleet-flats-reserve/), [The Old Brickworks](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-old-brickworks/), [Westfield Wood Reserve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/westfield-wood-reserve/)
- **Museums and art**: [Rochester Guildhall](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/guildhall-museum/), [Gravesend Civil Defence Sub-Divisional Control Centre](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cold-war-bunker/), [Maidstone Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/maidstone-museum/), [Milton Chantry](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/milton-chantry/), [The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/queens-own-royal-west-kent-regiment-museum/)
- **Hot springs**: [Finnish Olympic Sauna](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/finnish-olympic-sauna/)
- **Hiking**: [Medway Valley Walk](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/medway-valley-walk/), [King Charles III England Coast Path: Grain to Woolwich](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/king-charles-iii-england-coast-path-grain-to-woolwich/), [King Charles III England Coast Path: Iwade to Grain](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/king-charles-iii-england-coast-path-iwade-to-grain/), [Southwark to Canterbury](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/southwark-to-canterbury/), [Thames Estuary Path](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/thames-estuary-path/)
- **Diving**: [Buckland Lake Reserve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/buckland-lake-reserve/)
- **Food and drink**: [Copper Rivet Distillery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/copper-rivet-distillery/), [Goachers Brewery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/goachers-brewery/), [Iron Pier Brewery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/iron-pier-brewery/), [Kent Brewery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/kent-brewey/), [Maidstone Distillery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/maidstone-distillery/), [Nelson Brewery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/nelson-brewery/), [Rochester Christmas Market](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/rochester-christmas-market/)
- **With kids**: [Diggerland Kent](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/diggerland-kent/), [Hemsley Conservation Centre](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hemsley-conservation-centre/), [St Andrews Lakes Watersports](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-andrews-lakes-watersports/), [The Fenn Bell Conservation Project](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-fenn-bell-conservation-project/)

## When to go to Rochester

The best time to visit Rochester is **April to September**; also possible: February to March, October and December. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Better not | 8 h 07 |
| February | Possible | 9 h 42 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 32 |
| April | Best time | 13 h 36 |
| May | Best time | 15 h 22 |
| June | Best time | 16 h 21 |
| July | Best time | 15 h 57 |
| August | Best time | 14 h 23 |
| September | Best time | 12 h 22 |
| October | Possible | 10 h 22 |
| November | Better not | 8 h 34 |
| December | Possible | 7 h 38 |

In June there are 16 h 21 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 38. In June, 80 of the 80 places are at their best.

When to go to United Kingdom in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Rochester

The nearest main airport is London Gatwick Airport (LGW, London), 55 km as the crow flies. How to get around United Kingdom (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=51.4015%2C0.4995)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=51.4015%2C0.4995)

## Other towns nearby

- [Lullingstone Lane](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/lullingstone-lane/): 28 places · 22 km
- [Southend-on-Sea](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/southend-on-sea/): 58 places · 23 km
- [Weald Road Old MacDonald's Farm](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/weald-road-old-macdonald-s-farm/): 40 places · 31 km
- [Biddenden Road](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/biddenden-road/): 27 places · 32 km
- [Edenbridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/edenbridge/): 33 places · 36 km
- [Chelmsford](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/chelmsford/): 27 places · 37 km

And all of United Kingdom, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Rochester?

The best known: [Rochester Cathedral](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/rochester-cathedral/), [Rochester Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/rochester-castle/), [Upnor Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/upnor-castle/), [Blue Bell Hill](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/bluebell-hill/), [SM UB-122](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/sm-ub-122/). In all, 80 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Rochester?

April to September; also possible: February to March, October and December. In June there are 16 h 21 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 38.

### How do you get to Rochester?

The nearest main airport is London Gatwick Airport (LGW), 55 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=51.4015%2C0.4995) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Rochester as the destination and these 80 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).