Notes on Navigation Protect Estuary Wildlife Keep off the islands, especially in breeding season (March-July) The main navigable channels, coloured dark blue, are clearly marked by buoys, and are easy to Grain Edg follow. The middle reaches of the River and Swale are bounded by extensive mudflats Reduce speed, keep noise down and don’t let wake cause erosion and disturbance to birds 1 1 and saltings, coloured light blue, which are covered at High Water and provide many secondary Keep away from roosting birds, especially at high tide, from Oct to March channels. These channels should only be attempted with local knowledge, and the stranger should be aware of straying too far from the main navigable channel, coloured dark blue, to W Cant prevent grounding on a falling tide. Stoke Grain Bridges Grain Hard The centre span of the lifts to allow passage of vessels. Vessels fitted with Garrison VHF may communicate with the Bridge on Channel 10. The above Rochester Point Bridge shoals appreciably and at low tide only provides an average of 0.9 - 1.2m of water in its Grain Power Station upper reaches. Rochester Bridge air draft 5.9m (19'6") MHWS. Communication Channels VHF 37 and 80 for Marinas • VHF 16 for emergencies ( Coastguard) LNG Terminal • VHF 74 Medway VTS • Peel Ports Medway requires you to continually monitor Channels 16 and 74. (See note) For Harbour, On arrival at the harbour please call “Sheppey 1” VHF 08 or mobile: 07456 459754 Thamesport Container Terminal N Stoke Saltings S Kent Speed Limits Victoria A 6 knot speed limit operates west of Folly Point. An 8 knot speed limit operates in . Z1 Queenborough Spit Stoke 13 12

LNG Terminal Exclusion Zone. Z2 150m when no tanker present. W Bulwark 250m when tanker present. 14 Stangate Spit

E Bulwark Burntwick Island Deadman’s Island Kingsnorth Power Station (No Landing) (No Landing) Queenborough V 39 27 Sharfleet Creek ATL 26 Hoo S1 6 S2 S3 5 1 15 Chetney Marsh S4 7 4 2 16 32 (No Landing) 19 17 31 2 23 22 20 30A Bn 18 St Mary’s Island Creek Stangate S5 1 3 Bn 37 Hoo Island (No Landing) 16 17 RW 18 30 25 Medway Tunnel Bn 24 36 29 Half Acre Creek S6 Sheppey Crossing 15 18 27 3 28 Nor Marsh S7 Strood 20 26 9 Gillingham Pier Bn (No Landing) Pier (derelict) 19 23 RW 14 21 22 Rochester Bridge 20 38 8 Kingsferry Bridge (lifting) and Rochester Gillingham New Sheppey Crossing 8 19 4 Pier 15 13 2 3 17 Note: From June 2019- Rats Bay 28 5 6 moorings suspended until Rats Bay further notice S 34 14 11 Motney Hill 35 10 24 (No Landing) Rochester Sun Pier 16 13 7 Medway Bridge 12 11 9 Chatham 10 Otterham Quay 25 Rainham

Anchorage V Visitor Mooring River Medway Slipway Fuel berth THIS CHART SHOULD NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION V I S I T O R C H A R T Wreck ATL All Tide Landing Nature Reserve 12

MSBA Members (Not all are shown) Visitor Attractions

1 Hundred of Hoo SC 9 Port Medway 17 Chatham Maritime Marina 25 Lower Halstow YC 35 Shoregate Wharf SC 1 Upnor Castle 9 Historic Dockyard 17 Six Poor Travellers House 2 Whitton Marine 10 Medway Bridge Marina 18 Royal Engineers YC 26 Queenborough YC 36 Pirates Cave 2 10 Sun Pier 18 Dockside Outlet Centre 3 Medway Queen 11 Beacon Boatyard 19 Clarke & Carter Interyacht 27 Queenborough Rowing Club 37 SE Tugs and Morning Star 3 Rochester Cathedral 11 19 Rochester Pier 4 Hoo Ness YC 12 Medway Towns RC 20 Gillingham Marina 28 Kingsferry Boat Club 38 Strood Pelican CC 4 Guildhall Museum 12 Buckmore Karting 20 The Strand Leisure Park 5 Wilsonian SC 13 Rochester CC 21 Segas SC 39 Queenborough Harbour 5 Restoration House 13 Central Theatre 6 Medway YC 14 Victory Moorings 22 Medway CC 6 14 Brook Theatre 7 Upnor SC 15 RNSA 23 Medway Watersports 7 New Arts Centre 15 Temple Manor Metres 8 Strood YC 16 Elite Sailing 24 Mariners Farm Boatyard 8 Royal Engineers Museum 16 Diggerland Chart by www.stewart2.com. Last updated June 2019

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Sheerness 33 Spile 2 21 Notes on Navigation LNG Terminal The main navigable channels, coloured dark blue, are clearly marked by buoys, and are easy to follow. The middle reaches of Thamesport Container Terminal (see note) N Kent the River Medway and Swale are bounded by extensive mudflats and saltings, coloured light blue, which are covered at High S Kent Water and provide many secondary channels. These channels should only be attempted with local knowledge, and the Victoria stranger should be aware of straying too far from the main navigable channel, coloured dark blue, to prevent grounding on a Z1 Queenborough Spit falling tide. 13 12

Z2 Bridges BRB Minster The centre span of the Kingsferry Bridge lifts to allow passage of vessels. Vessels fitted with VHF may communicate with the Stangate Spit 22 Bridge on Channel 10. The River Medway above Rochester Bridge shoals appreciably and at low tide only provides an Deadman’s Island average of 0.9 - 1.2m of water in its upper reaches. Rochester Bridge air draft 5.9m (19'6") MHWS. Burntwick Island (No Landing) V Queenborough (No Landing) 39 27 ATL Communication Channels S1 26 VHF 37 and 80 for Marinas • VHF 16 for emergencies (Dover Coastguard) • VHF 74 Medway VTS • Peel Ports London Medway requires you to continually monitor Channels 16 and 74 Sharfleet Creek S2 For Queenborough Harbour, On arrival at the harbour please call “Sheppey 1” VHF 08 or mobile: 07456 459754 Chetney Marsh S4 S3 (No Landing) Speed Limits A 6 knot speed limit operates west of Folly Point. An 8 knot speed limit operates in The Swale. S5 Stangate Creek Stangate LNG Terminal Exclusion Zone. Marshes 150m when no tanker present. 250m when tanker present. Leysdown-on-Sea Sheppey Crossing S6 23 S7

Kingsferry Bridge (lifting) and 34 New Sheppey Crossing The Swale 28

S8 V I S I T O R C H A R T S9 24 Ridham Dock Iwade S10 THIS CHART SHOULD NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION

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Lower Halstow Marshes Windmill Creek Bells Creek Marshes Lillies N Ferry 8 Elmley 10 6 S Ferry 25 4 2 1 Fowley Spit Lily Banks Milton Creek 26 Sand End

South Deep V Creek Harty Ferry

Anchorage Visitor Mooring Spit 29 30 V Conyer Slipway Fuel berth 29 28 Wreck ATL All Tide Landing Nature Reserve

MSBA Members (Not all shown) Visitor Attractions Oare Creek Faversham Creek 25 Lower Halstow YC 33 SC 20 Sheerness Beach 28 Sittingbourne & Light Railway Oare 26 Queenborough YC 34 Long Reach Ski Club 21 Sheerness Heritage Centre 29 Nature Reserve 31 30 27 Queenborough Rowing Club 39 Queenborough Harbour 22 Minster Abbey & Museum 30 Oare Works Country Park 28 Kingsferry Boat Club 23 Leysdown-on-Sea Beach 31 Two Creeks Circular Walk 31 29 Swale Marina 24 Naturist Beach 32 Stone Chapel 30 Conyer CC 25 National Nature Reserve 33 Shepherd Neame Brewery 31 Hollowshore CC 26 Ferry House Inn Metres 32 Kentish Sail 27 Elmley National Nature Reserve 32 Iron Wharf Faversham Chart by www.stewart2.com. Last updated June 2019 33 32