{"id":63998,"date":"2017-08-18T22:30:26","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T15:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-rochester-kent-its-ravishingly-beautiful\/"},"modified":"2017-08-18T22:41:01","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T15:41:01","slug":"lets-move-to-rochester-kent-its-ravishingly-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-rochester-kent-its-ravishingly-beautiful\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Rochester, Kent: \u2018It\u2019s ravishingly beautiful\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt\u2019s got a Norman castle, an ancient cathedral, fantastic views over the Medway \u2013 and DickensWhat\u2019s going for it? Every time I go to Rochester it surprises me. I forget how ravishingly beautiful it is, the Norman castle and ancient cathedral high on a\u00a0bluff above the Medway, curling lanes of old houses, bookshops and flint walls tumbling down the hill. The views! The long Medway valley, lined with the foothills of the North Kent Downs, is dreamy. The history! Pilgrims and scholars, naval bases and Dickens. There\u2019s no escaping him here. Dickens spent much of his childhood in Chatham, next door, and his latter years at Gad\u2019s Hill Place, just outside. The Swiss chalet in the garden where he wrote his novels now sits, surreally, on the High Street. Nearby, you\u2019ll find the Satis House, of Miss Havisham fame, the Pumblechook\u2019s chambers, and crystals and karma at the Little Dorrit new age shop.The case against Rochester\u2019s economy, and that of Chatham and Gillingham, has for centuries been tethered to the navy. A substitute has yet to be found since the dockyard\u2019s decline. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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