To want to find something for six year old dd to do in rochester

[Lucyellensmum99]

Can you walk around the castle grounds for free? Not sure id want to pay to go in (broke emoticon). That would be nice enough to walk around the castle, but does anyone know of anything else that might interest her? Im not sure she has encountered dickens yet so not desperately interested in that. We will be travelling by train, will there be any decent swing parks? possibly along the medway? DD will be happy "if theres a swing park" otherwise im not sure its worth the trek

anyone?

I don't think the castle is free but pretty sure the grounds are. Not much there though, you might be disappointed!

By swing park you mean park with a swing right? . Can't think of any as it's not really possible to walk along the Medway (and why would you want to, it's a grubby little river). If you're looking for a nearby park your best bet is the one on the corner of New Road, just up the hill from the top end of Rochester high street.

What is unreasonable about your predicament?

There is a park on the esplanade about a 10min walk from the castle.

Its free entry to the castle grounds and the cathedral is quite nice to walk around.

Rochester high street has some pretty shops to look in

is that the one that is back towards chatham? copletely the opposite end of the town to the castle? sigh, might give it a miss - i'll have my 75 year old mother with me too, not sue she is up for the trek.

So now where do i go???

Hi. You can walk around the castle grounds for free (theres not much to see though), you have to pay to go inside the castle, adult is £5.50 and kids are £3.50 I think. There are a good few parks in medway, the closest one to the castle is probably along the esplanade its about a 5 minute walk from the castle along the river. Maybe bring a picnic or something?

Madge - i think you know the answer to that

thatboy, that was my dillema really, its about £11 on the train each from where we are, DD wouldnt be interested enough to warrant paying to go into the caste (but i might fool her with the cathedral ;)) so a swing park for DD to let of steam in so me and GM can look around the charity shops without feeling too guilty would be good.

We had a great day - the castle was, well, a castle :), we didn't go inside. We did go to the guildhall museum, which was free, and really good. Found the park on the esplanade, but was too knackered to stay long :) thanks everyone.

Charity shops in Rochester are great! So you could pick DD bits up there. There is a museum at the end of the high street, we went there a few years ago and DS liked it, apparently it is two museums divided but we run out of time before the second.
You could take a ball to the castle grounds, the castle is in ruins, it cost quite a lot of money when we went and I got an extreme case of vertigo! Lots of steps. Cathedral is lovely.
Lots of coffee shops, a pub opposite the castle grounds and a visitors centre.
I live near so pop in, not sure if I would travel unless I enjoyed the Dickens aspect.
Is a cute city though and way better than Chatham!!

oh yes, we loved the charity shops nikcname - i am willing to bet my mum sneaks up there on her own so she can have a good old rummage.