Gillingham is an important retail centre serving the local community and has a twice weekly market which is ideal for the bargain hunters to wander around 

It is also home to Medway (and Kent's) only football league team the 'Gills'.  The 'Gills' play their home matches at Priestfield Stadium in Gillingham and if you wish to the support and watch them in action, then check out Gillingham Footbball Club for further details and fixtures.

The town has strong maritime and military connections with the nearby The Historic Dockyard Chatham and Royal Engineers barracks based in the town. To learn about the bravery or our soldier engineers from 1066 to the present day, a visit to the Royal Engineers Museum is a must.

The museum is Kent’s only designated museum of national importance and has many galleries, displays of military tanks, torpedoes, jump jets and exceptional items including Duke of Wellington’s battlemap used in the Battle of Waterloo.

Medway Park is the area's centre of sporting excellence featuring an international standard atheletics track, gymnastics hall, dedicated trampolining centre and judo hall.  It is also host to major sporting events.

Gillingham is also the birthplace of the Elizabethan seafarer, William Adams who founded the first Japanese navy and made famous of James’ Clavell’s novel shogan.

Today the town is twinned with the cities of Ito and Yokosuka in Japan and every September celebrates these connections and the life of seafarer at the Will Adams Festival.

For more information on the Will Adams festivals and other events taking place visit www.whatsonmedway.co.uk