Editing Chatham, Kent (section)

==Landmarks==
The [[Chatham Naval Memorial]] commemorates the 18,500 officers, ranks and ratings of the [[Royal Navy]] who were lost or buried at sea in [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]. The Chatham Naval Memorial was constructed from March 1924 to October 1924. The addition of the [[obelisk]] and [[Portland stone]] plaque walls and surroundings were constructed between June 1952 to October 1952. It stands on the Great Lines, the escarpment ridge between Chatham and [[Gillingham, Kent|Gillingham]].

The [[Grade II]] [[listed building]] [[Chatham Town Hall]] was built in January 1900;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-462086-former-town-hall-and-medway-arts-centre-|title=Former Town Hall and Medway Arts Centre, Chatham|publisher=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|date=1 June 1990|access-date=26 April 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211213/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-462086-former-town-hall-and-medway-arts-centre-|url-status=live}}</ref> it stands in The Brook opposite the [[public house]] called Churchills, and is of a unique architectural design. With Chatham being part of the Medway Towns, it took on a new role as the Medway Arts Centre on 20 April 1987, with the promotional motto "''Putting The Arts Back into The Medway''". There were many events held within the Medway Arts Centre, including [[stage plays]], [[craft fairs]], [[snooker tournaments]] and party nights. Likewise during 12 May 1990, the Medway Arts Centre organised a large parade, composed of [[dancers]], [[musicians]], [[artists]] and [[sculptors]], who stood upon theatrical lorry floats. The vehicles were initially parked up next to the entrance into the Theatre Royal Cafe, a popular restaurant in the Chatham Town Hall, on Whiffens Avenue, and then started to travel along Military Road in Chatham, and onward to [[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]], [[Strood]] and [[Frindsbury]], where sweets, chocolate, posters, badges, plastic hats, leaflets, stickers and T-shirts were handed out to the crowds, to promote the Medway Arts Centre. On 28 April 1997, the Medway Arts Centre became the ''Brook Theatre''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medway.gov.uk/theatres|title=Medway theatres|first=Jade|last=Selby|website=medway.gov.uk|access-date=16 February 2008|archive-date=8 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208144617/http://www.medway.gov.uk/theatres|url-status=live}}</ref> 

The [[Pentagon Shopping Centre]] stands in Chatham Town Centre and serviced the Pentagon Bus Station that was closed on 30 September 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pentagonshoppingcentre.co.uk|title=Pentagon Shopping Centre|website=Pentagon Shopping Centre|access-date=23 January 2021|archive-date=18 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818052044/https://www.pentagonshoppingcentre.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Chatham Waterfront bus station]] opened in October 2011, replacing the previous Pentagon Bus Station in Chatham, which was opened during 16 October 1970, before the Pentagon Shopping Centre was opened on 30 June 1975. The Pentagon Bus Station was considered an unwelcoming environment for [[passengers]]. This was because of the diesel fumes from the [[buses]], [[Coach (bus)|coaches]] and [[minibuses]], and because the waiting areas would sometimes become very crowded as customers from D & A Toys, [[Sainsbury's]], [[Bejam]] and [[C&A]] would also emerge from those shops and others, as they regularly used the upstairs shops. escalators and stairs in the Pentagon Shopping Centre, to get on board the green buses, coaches and minibuses that were managed by [[Maidstone & District Motor Services]].