Chatham Dockyard

Chatham Dockyard is located on River Medwey on the board of Gillingham and Chatham. It has been an industrial shipbuilding site for over 400 years. At its height, it employed over 10,000 workers and covered 400 acres. Chatham Dockyard closed in 1984 and now it is managed by the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust. The Trust is preparing an application for the Dockyard and its Defences to become a World Heritage Site.
Many films including Golden Compass, The World is not enough, Children of men,
During the filming of Amazing Grace (2007) the Dockyard Church ahs been transformed into an 18th Century House of Commons. In the BBC version of Twist Oliver the dockyard has portrayed a warehouse.
In the recent film of Sherlock Holmes the famous Medway tourist spot was transformed into a working 1890s ship yard complete with half-built ocean liner.
During the filming of the Mummy (1999) Chatham Historic Dockyard was doubled for the Giza Port on the River Nile. The set was 600 feet length and featured a steam train, an Ajax traction engine, three cranes, an open two-horse carriage, four horse-drawn carts, five dressing horses and grooms, nine pack donkeys and mules, as well as market stalls.

For more informationa about Chatham Dockyard, check out this website:
http://www.chdt.org.uk/