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Dickens World (Chatham)
 Dickens World (Chatham) ... attraction located at Chatham Dockyard, Kent. Privately funded, it cost £62 million to create, and was opened to the public on May 25, 2007. It is based around the life of author Charles Dickens, briefly a resident of Chatham as a child and who, as an adult, lived at Gads Hill Place in nearby Higham. Many of the locations and characters in his novels are based on buildings, places and people of the Medway Towns; for example Holcombe Manor was the inspiration for Dingley Dell, the house in Pickwick Papers. Although Dickens World is often referred to as a theme park, this is a misconception, given that the attraction is more about recreating a Victorian atmosphere for the experience of Dickens' world, rather than rides.Newest Review: ... here and so be it. Eventually after 2 hours and 10 minutes later we were inside the foyer. Still in a queue for the ticket desks we were constantly being told by managers due to the volume of visitors and a few minor technical hitches they were sorry for the delay. Well we were now through and going up the stairs to a set of double doors into Dickens world. As we entered the first thing ... more ... that struck me was the stark change of lighting, from a modern brightly lit foyer to the darkness of night, the only lights were gas lamps. It was so sudden my 9 year old niece grabbed my hand and said I don't like it! After some reassurance she was ...more |
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Dickens World (Chatham): Great expectations (1609 words)
by mad lady - written on 02.09.07 (Very useful, 532 readings)
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As we live in the heart of Kent, we had waited with great interest for the opening of the new Dickens world that was due to be opened in May 2007. It had be given a lot of publicity. The kids had all been talking about the new theme park that was opening just up the road!. Well not quite, 15 miles but to them I suppose it is very near. Dickens world is the new indoor family attraction. It took approximately 3 years to build. It is privately owned and cost £62 million. How could you not want to visit it when it is only 20 minutes away? Chatham docks closed over 20 years ago, over the last 5 to 10 years there has been alot of regeneration ...
