Lower Upnor is a small riverside village on the east bank of the River Medway in the Medway area of Kent, sitting just downstream of Chatham Dockyard and opposite the historic town of Rochester. Its compact cluster of cottages, boatyards and slipways hugs the riverbank, making it popular with sailors and walkers who use the waterside footpaths and moorings for leisure boating and birdwatching among the tidal mudflats.
The village is closely linked to its military and maritime past: nearby Upnor Castle, a 16th-century artillery fort, once helped guard the dockyard and played a role in the Dutch raid of 1667, and the area later supported small-scale shipbuilding and servicing for naval traffic. Today Lower Upnor retains a village feel with a tight-knit community, heritage conservation, riverside pubs and tourism forming an important part of the local economy and social life.
Postcode districts covering Lower Upnor
Most populated places nearby
- Southend-on-Sea 12.8 miles20.5 km
- Bexley 17 miles27.3 km
- Basildon 11.3 miles18.2 km
- Chelmsford 22.6 miles36.4 km
- Maidstone 9.5 miles15.3 km
- Gillingham 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Grays 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Chatham 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 21.9 miles35.2 km
- Ashford 23.7 miles38.2 km
- Barking and Dagenham 20 miles32.2 km
- Dartford 13.7 miles22 km
Neighbouring places
- St. Mary's Island Ward 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Chattenden Built-up area 0.8 miles1.4 km
- Frindsbury Extra Parish 1 mile1.6 km
- Hoo St. Werburgh Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Strood Rural Ward 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Gillingham North Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Strood North & Frindsbury Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Chatham Central & Brompton Ward 1.8 miles3 km
- Gillingham South Ward 2 miles3.2 km
- Cliffe Woods Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Hoo St. Werburgh & High Halstow Ward 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Rochester Built-up area 2.6 miles4.1 km
Example postcodes in Lower Upnor
ME2 4XD, ME2 4AQ, ME2 4GY, ME2 4XJ, ME2 4GP, ME2 4XH, ME2 4XY, ME2 4WX, ME2 4XG … See all
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 13.3 miles21.5 km
- London City Airport 21.4 miles34.5 km
- Strood Railway Station 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Rochester Railway Station 1.8 miles2.9 km
Hotels near Lower Upnor Ad
- King Charles Hotel 3 1.3 miles2 km
- Trivelles Rochester 2 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Holiday Inn Rochester Chatham 4 4.3 miles6.9 km
- The Gordon House Hotel 2 1.7 miles2.8 km
- The Royal Victoria & Bull Hotel 1.7 miles2.7 km
- The Black Horse Inn 4 8.5 miles13.7 km
- The Leather Bottle Ltd 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Best Western Manor Hotel 3 6.4 miles10.4 km
- The Jolly Drayman Pub and Hotel 7 miles11.2 km
- Bridgewood Manor Hotel & Spa 4 4.6 miles7.5 km
Local points of interest
- University of Greenwich - Medway University 0.9 miles1.4 km
- MidKent College - Medway College 1.2 miles2 km
- Spotlites at Kings Theatre Theatre 2 miles3.3 km
- University for the Creative Arts - Rochester University 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Priestfield Stadium Stadium 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Boxley Hills Hill 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Boxley Abbey Historic site 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Yantlet beach Beach 7.6 miles12.3 km
- Canvey Island Heritage Centre & Museum Museum 7.9 miles12.7 km
- Sheerness Harbour Harbour 9.5 miles15.3 km
- University for the Creative Arts - Maidstone University 9.6 miles15.5 km
- Blue Water Shopping centre 11.3 miles18.2 km