A Grade II listed Boiler House has been refurbished to create 'The Dockside Designer Outlet Centre' housing over 70 shops including Clarks, Cotton Traders, Thorntons and Benetton.

Dockside Outlet Centre, Maritime Way, Chatham Maritime, Chatham ME4 3ED, Tel 01634 893200 or visit www.dockside-outlet.co.uk

A Shepherd's Neame public house and Co-Op store is located in the 'Ship and Trades building' along Maritime Way, Chatham Maritime, Chatham, ME4 3ER, Tel 01634 895200.

A multi screen cinema recently opened in the area and Dickens World, an entertainment/visitor attraction dedicated to the life and times of novelist Charles Dickens opened in May 2007.

For more information call 01634 890421 or visit www.dickensworld.co.uk