Fort Amherst

Come and discover all that Fort Amherst has to offer on our annual Bunny hunt this Easter holiday! Only £1.50 a go and there will be a treat for every child that finds all the bunny's!
Our brand new Henry Hicks trail and Nature trail are coming soon!
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Join Natasha Steer on our brand new nature trail and make a bat, bird, butterfly or ladybird house to take home
Wednesday 10th April 10-12pm: Make a bat box
Sunday 14th April 11-1pm: Make a bird house
... Monday 15th April 2-4pm: Make a butterfly house
Thursday 18th April 10-12pm: Make a ladybird house
£2.50 per child including materials
Adult supervision required
Only 10 child spaces per workshop
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Join Natasha Steer on our brand new nature trail and make a bat, bird, butterfly or ladybird house to take home
Wednesday 10th April 10-12pm: Make a bat box
Sunday 14th April 11-1pm: Make a bird house
... Monday 15th April 2-4pm: Make a butterfly house
Thursday 18th April 10-12pm: Make a ladybird house
£2.50 per child including materials
Adult supervision required
Only 10 child spaces per workshop
See More

Join Natasha Steer on our brand new nature trail and make a bat, bird, butterfly or ladybird house to take home
Wednesday 10th April 10-12pm: Make a bat box
Sunday 14th April 11-1pm: Make a bird house
... Monday 15th April 2-4pm: Make a butterfly house
Thursday 18th April 10-12pm: Make a ladybird house
£2.50 per child including materials
Adult supervision required
Only 10 child spaces per workshop
See More

Join Natasha Steer on our brand new nature trail and make a bat, bird, butterfly or ladybird house to take home
Wednesday 10th April 10-12pm: Make a bat box
Sunday 14th April 11-1pm: Make a bird house
... Monday 15th April 2-4pm: Make a butterfly house
Thursday 18th April 10-12pm: Make a ladybird house
£2.50 per child including materials - Tickets available here: https://fortamherst.digitickets.co.uk/eve nt-tickets/21666…&
Adult supervision required
Only 10 child spaces per workshop
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Spring has sprung at Fort Amherst! We are now open from 8am - 4pm and are providing two tunnel tours a day. Please see our website for more information - fortamherst.com.

Please note there is a private event on tonight in the Grand Magazine with a live band.Please note there is a private event on tonight in the Grand Magazine with a live band.

Please note:
Daily parking is suspended at Fort Amherst on 22nd March 2019 for an event.
Other car parks are available within 5 minutes walking distance.

Thank you so much to all those who helped us start the build of our new Nature Trail today! #volunteer #commandoftheheights #nature #greatoutdoors #medway #fortamherstuk

If your stuck for something to do today come and help us on our Nature Trail Volunteer Day at Fort Amherst! Suitable for all ages. 10am to 1pm and refreshments are provided :)

Join us as we create a magical new world of nature at Fort Amherst! Make some new friends and volunteer your time for this worthy project #volunteer #regeneration #medway #commandoftheheights #nationallotteryheritagefund #medwaycouncil #fortamherstuk

We have an exciting project at Fort Amherst!
Artist Natasha Steer is creating a wonderful nature trail for the fort. The Nature Trail will be ready for visitors to enjoy at Easter. We need some help building Den’s and making Bug Hotels, some... clearing and planting. No experience needed!
If you can come along to help, please arrive at The Fort café at 10am. Children are welcome and refreshments will be provided.
Please email: karen.francis@medway.gov.uk to confirm your attendance
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Please note: *UPDATE* - NOW FULLY BOOKED
Some spaces may become available at 4pm today. Please email: generalmanager@fortamherst.com if you would like to go on the reserve list.

PLEASE NOTE:
Medway Adult Education have stopped any more children coming in for this event today (18th) due to popularity. Please come back on Wednesday 20th any time between 10 - 2, please stagger your arrival throughout the day!

Successful firing today!

We will be firing a newly restored cannon today between 10am and 11am. Don't be alarmed but it will be a bit of a bang!

What a great place. We did the tunnels and our tour guide Eddie was brilliant. Really good with the children and got them interacting. Tour took longer than we thought which was well worth the money. Cafe not the best, but a warm coffee at the end was all that was needed.

Went to their Dusk 2 Dawn event, which was an overnight 'extreme horror' stay in the tunnels. It was the bollocks! Had an awesome night (no sleep whatsoever!!) - the staff were fantastic, made you feel very welcome and it didn't feel very corporate; like they genuinely enjoyed setting this up and having you there. The experience itself was definitely something to remember, but I don't want to ruin it for those who go in the future. Thanks again to all the staff involved, especially for hanging around in the morning so we could meet you all - you did an amazing job and we will definitely be back in the future for something similar!

Took our teenagers to the Teen Halloween event, had no idea what to expect. We were not disappointed! A spot on Halloween experience with loads of thrills and scares. Amazing staff, costumes and setting. Thoroughly recommend for teenager's looking for a scary evening and adults too scared to do the Adult Only event!!! Well done Fort Amherst, we will be booking next year.

This location means alot to me and the staff are amazing i have investigated this loaction afew times and the never walk away with nothing. But i love just being there amazing history a perfect people

Our first time 2 adults 4 kids under 16, we had the best time, just scary enough to get the old ticker jumping but no nightmares 😄 Will defo be back next year

My 6 year old granson and I did the the Tunnel Tour yesterday. We absolutely loved it. Very informative. His topic for school is Tunnels, turrets and bridges he now has a real insight to the history. We also had lunch in the cafe, which was fine. But waited a long time for sandwiches. Which wasn't too bad as the weather was ok . We played in the little park while we waited. Some staff are volunteers they were all extremely helpful and friendly. Thanks for a great couple of hours.

Kid's Tunnel Tour

Never been to Fort Amherst before. Thought we would give it a try today. Had 8 and 10 year old grandchildren who are difficult to please. Went on a tunnel tour that lasted almost 2 hours and was VERY cool. More importantly the guide kept the children's interest throughout. Would thoroughly recommend this at a very reasonable fee of £13 for a family ticket

Halloween horror night- What a brilliant experiences, some very dramatic scenes with very tense moments with the right amount of full contact and scares from the creatures you meet along the way. The use of space and music is brilliant which helps draw you into the expreince , I believe the way that contact is used in this haunt should be leading the way for the more intense style walk around haunts. Also the costume where very strong and detailed. Before we entered the event we herd people that where leaving the event buzzing with excitement and still talking about there experience. 5* guys brilliant night can't Wait to come back for more next year..

Had my sons 8th birthday party here and he loved it. Great fun and the guys doing the drills were brilliant with the kids. Party food was great and ten kids went home very happy. Great value for money will be having another party here in the funtuer but a different theme.

Had an extremely good tour with Bill today which included the section of the fort not normally open to public access.



The walk through takes you through a WW2 telephone exchange and air raid control centre, napoleonic and WW1 era tunnles aswell as the overground gun batteries and the highest natural point overlooking the medway towns.



The guides were all very informative; making the fort come to life with their in depth knowledge of its history and exciting anecdotes of its previous occupants.



We thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the walkthrough and would reccomend it to anyone, history enthusiast or not.



Sensible footwear and cold weather clothing recommended!

Had a great time at the owl experience at Fort Amherst yesterday. Had an informative tour by a Bill on the way to the owls, Molly was brilliant telling us about the beautiful owls we handled. We stopped for a nice warning drink after. Lovely time & I would totally recommend it.

Great tour of the tunnels, informative tour guide, scratching up on some local history. What more could you want? Definitely recommend for a cheap family day out.

I didn't realise that you could picnic in the grounds for free, so we'll definitely be back when the weather improves.

Great place to visit for all the family, a good day out. It is a hidden gem of the Medway Towns and well worth a visit.

Fantastic staff who were very knowledgeable, very interesting tour which catered for a very inquisitive 4 year old boy ! The gentleman taking us round took the time to answer all his questions , and there were lots of them. Really recommend for all ages. Had a very nice lunch in the cafe too.

Excellent. Quiet, peaceful unhurried. Tunnel tour was excellent, and the guide 'knew his stuff'! Well worth a visit.

Excellent tour with Steve today. We arrived just as one tour had already started. Steve said if you don’t mind waiting a minute I’ll take you round. The tour lasts one hour but if you get Steve it’s over two, and that’s his short version!! We quite liked that, he knows lots about the fort. Thank you.

Cannot recommend this place more!! Went to the Halloween scare night ... genuinely terrifying... well thought out and executed but the biggest credit were the staff.. they proper got into and stayed in character... brilliant time and worth every penny!! Already planning a return visit. Well done fort Amherst!

A beautiful location with wonderful views, booked 11am tour and kids enjoyed the play park while we waited for our guide. Neil our tour guide was full of great information with detailed descriptions a man with incredible knowledge and even made it fun for the children of all ages. Daniel provided our family with some extra information on surrounding forts and about the church situated just off site while we enjoyed some beautiful sun at the picnic tables. We then entered the very clean and lovely presented cafe with lovely staff Sue & Cathy who made us feel extremely welcome and served us some delicious food at good prices also the facilities on site are very clean. This is a cheaply priced few hour tour with incredible WW2 items on display that you can actually touch unlike other museums etc. This is a place and tour certainly not to be missed of you are in the area, even if you do just enjoy the views and a lunch in the cafe.

Very interesting tour of the tunnels and we will definately be frequenting the grounds again, beautiful views. Cafe looking good with refurb, could do with soya milk as an option and vegan food option too. That would have increased the star rating for me today

Staff great, friendly and food quick to arrive

What a great place. We did the tunnels and our tour guide Eddie was brilliant. Really good with the children and got them interacting. Tour took longer than we thought which was well worth the money. Cafe not the best, but a warm coffee at the end was all that was needed.

Went to their Dusk 2 Dawn event, which was an overnight 'extreme horror' stay in the tunnels. It was the bollocks! Had an awesome night (no sleep whatsoever!!) - the staff were fantastic, made you feel very welcome and it didn't feel very corporate; like they genuinely enjoyed setting this up and having you there. The experience itself was definitely something to remember, but I don't want to ruin it for those who go in the future. Thanks again to all the staff involved, especially for hanging around in the morning so we could meet you all - you did an amazing job and we will definitely be back in the future for something similar!

Took our teenagers to the Teen Halloween event, had no idea what to expect. We were not disappointed! A spot on Halloween experience with loads of thrills and scares. Amazing staff, costumes and setting. Thoroughly recommend for teenager's looking for a scary evening and adults too scared to do the Adult Only event!!! Well done Fort Amherst, we will be booking next year.

This location means alot to me and the staff are amazing i have investigated this loaction afew times and the never walk away with nothing. But i love just being there amazing history a perfect people

Our first time 2 adults 4 kids under 16, we had the best time, just scary enough to get the old ticker jumping but no nightmares 😄 Will defo be back next year

My 6 year old granson and I did the the Tunnel Tour yesterday. We absolutely loved it. Very informative. His topic for school is Tunnels, turrets and bridges he now has a real insight to the history. We also had lunch in the cafe, which was fine. But waited a long time for sandwiches. Which wasn't too bad as the weather was ok . We played in the little park while we waited. Some staff are volunteers they were all extremely helpful and friendly. Thanks for a great couple of hours.

Kid's Tunnel Tour

Never been to Fort Amherst before. Thought we would give it a try today. Had 8 and 10 year old grandchildren who are difficult to please. Went on a tunnel tour that lasted almost 2 hours and was VERY cool. More importantly the guide kept the children's interest throughout. Would thoroughly recommend this at a very reasonable fee of £13 for a family ticket

Halloween horror night- What a brilliant experiences, some very dramatic scenes with very tense moments with the right amount of full contact and scares from the creatures you meet along the way. The use of space and music is brilliant which helps draw you into the expreince , I believe the way that contact is used in this haunt should be leading the way for the more intense style walk around haunts. Also the costume where very strong and detailed. Before we entered the event we herd people that where leaving the event buzzing with excitement and still talking about there experience. 5* guys brilliant night can't Wait to come back for more next year..

Had my sons 8th birthday party here and he loved it. Great fun and the guys doing the drills were brilliant with the kids. Party food was great and ten kids went home very happy. Great value for money will be having another party here in the funtuer but a different theme.

Had an extremely good tour with Bill today which included the section of the fort not normally open to public access.



The walk through takes you through a WW2 telephone exchange and air raid control centre, napoleonic and WW1 era tunnles aswell as the overground gun batteries and the highest natural point overlooking the medway towns.



The guides were all very informative; making the fort come to life with their in depth knowledge of its history and exciting anecdotes of its previous occupants.



We thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the walkthrough and would reccomend it to anyone, history enthusiast or not.



Sensible footwear and cold weather clothing recommended!

Had a great time at the owl experience at Fort Amherst yesterday. Had an informative tour by a Bill on the way to the owls, Molly was brilliant telling us about the beautiful owls we handled. We stopped for a nice warning drink after. Lovely time & I would totally recommend it.

Great tour of the tunnels, informative tour guide, scratching up on some local history. What more could you want? Definitely recommend for a cheap family day out.

I didn't realise that you could picnic in the grounds for free, so we'll definitely be back when the weather improves.

Great place to visit for all the family, a good day out. It is a hidden gem of the Medway Towns and well worth a visit.

Fantastic staff who were very knowledgeable, very interesting tour which catered for a very inquisitive 4 year old boy ! The gentleman taking us round took the time to answer all his questions , and there were lots of them. Really recommend for all ages. Had a very nice lunch in the cafe too.

Excellent. Quiet, peaceful unhurried. Tunnel tour was excellent, and the guide 'knew his stuff'! Well worth a visit.

Excellent tour with Steve today. We arrived just as one tour had already started. Steve said if you don’t mind waiting a minute I’ll take you round. The tour lasts one hour but if you get Steve it’s over two, and that’s his short version!! We quite liked that, he knows lots about the fort. Thank you.

Cannot recommend this place more!! Went to the Halloween scare night ... genuinely terrifying... well thought out and executed but the biggest credit were the staff.. they proper got into and stayed in character... brilliant time and worth every penny!! Already planning a return visit. Well done fort Amherst!

A beautiful location with wonderful views, booked 11am tour and kids enjoyed the play park while we waited for our guide. Neil our tour guide was full of great information with detailed descriptions a man with incredible knowledge and even made it fun for the children of all ages. Daniel provided our family with some extra information on surrounding forts and about the church situated just off site while we enjoyed some beautiful sun at the picnic tables. We then entered the very clean and lovely presented cafe with lovely staff Sue & Cathy who made us feel extremely welcome and served us some delicious food at good prices also the facilities on site are very clean. This is a cheaply priced few hour tour with incredible WW2 items on display that you can actually touch unlike other museums etc. This is a place and tour certainly not to be missed of you are in the area, even if you do just enjoy the views and a lunch in the cafe.

Very interesting tour of the tunnels and we will definately be frequenting the grounds again, beautiful views. Cafe looking good with refurb, could do with soya milk as an option and vegan food option too. That would have increased the star rating for me today

Staff great, friendly and food quick to arrive