Chatham is a town in the north of Kent County in the Medway unitary authority and is around 29 miles east south-east of Central London. It had a historic association with the navy but now has a flourishing tourist industry. Landmarks and attractions include the Chatham Historic Dockyard Museum, which feature the submarine HMS Ocelot, and Brompton Barracks.

Kent has many port towns including Dover, Folkestone and Margate. Adjacent counties include East Sussex, Surrey, Essex (across the River Thames) and, as stated earlier, Greater London. Curiously, Kent used to contain an enclave north of the River Thames until 1965 which equates now to the E16 postcode area and which has now been reclassified as part of the London Borough of Newham. JMW Turner, the great impressionist painter, spent part of his childhood in Margate and regularly returned there in later life. The coastline of East Kent is regarded as the inspiration for many of his works, particularly his fantastic seascapes.