Chatham Bowling Club

Most long-term residents of Chatham will possibly know that there is a bowling green located in Palmerston Road, behind Chatham Football Ground and that it is the home of Chatham Bowling Club. However, few people may realise just how long the club has been in existence and that the club's original home when it was 1st formed was in Chatham town centre, behind the Mitre Inn in the High Street. The location of the Mitre, and the position of the bowling green in its extensive grounds, which ran parallel for the full length of Meeting House Lane, are shown on the series of detailed maps of Chatham published by.