The exhibitions are excellent and the knowledge of the guides outside the actual ships on show are good. We took our 10 year old and 9 year old at half term. Booking was easy online although you do have to register names date of births. We arrived at 10.00am and it took a few minutes to get our tickets processed. I should imagine later in the day this would be annoying if you pre-booked and then had to queue for several families to be processed because when you arrive the adults have their picture taken as the ticket lasts a year. After that you can come and go as you please. We saw the lifeboat museum, the hook a duck, games at the museum and the 2 ships and the submarine. We did break off to use the cafe for lunch but it took about 15mins to serve 5 families before us so this left little time to eat anything else his was the only real area that could do with improving . Allow an hour for lunch. Not vegan friendly. The submarine and the games you have to book a slot at the start. We didn’t bother with the rope making room and other exhibitions as it would have been too long a day for our kids and as we live 45 mins away and can make use of the yearly ticket. We took 4 hours including 40-60 mins breaks without rushing. The ships and the sub are very interesting but as you can imagine they aren’t very Accessible for everyone. There are steep ship ladders and the sub has small hatches that you have to navigate through along it’s length. I recommend going in last on the sub so you can take it in without feeling pressured to move along for people behind you in your group. It’s like a very narrow corridor. The ships you can move at your own pace.

Expensive, as we were just passing through. Why don’t you have day visitor ticket prices. I was fed up of hearing “the tickets last a year”, when I know it’s only a one off visit. I did serve in Chatham during the 70’s and it has certainly changed a lot.

I went when there was a historical event on, the 1940s one and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The markets where very good and the people there were so nice. However, there was a limited amount of things to do (unless you like music then theres always music) I think its a great experience and something most people would enjoy. I think the littlens enjoyed dressing up ( hehe)

I am so pleased that the dockyard is being preserved but it has a way to go as a tourist attraction. We visited as we were in the area, rekindling memories of serving 40 years ago. But there wasn’t a huge amount to interest, and I feel sad that connection with the Navy isn’t shown stronger. Very expensive as in reality a years entrance is of no use if you live hours away!

The Dockyard itself is fantastic, no faults, it has so much history behind it and all the staff in the actual Dockyard and galleries are helpful and friendly however our issue was with getting in and the cafe. This is our second time here to the Call the Midwife tour (a few years apart) but both times the Reception staff do not have a clue where or what to do when you arrive and say that you're on the ctm tour. The Cafe staff are even worse - we asked for 3 drinks and 3 scones. We paid £14, took the 3 drinks and the girl passed us 3 scones wrapped in napkins, nothing else. Next to the till are plates with some cream and jam on, so we assumed you got that included? Especially as you do not normally eat a full scone from a napkin, without even a knife or plate.....We picked them up and the girl then said 'oh you have to pay for a full cream tea to get jam and cream with a scone' so she charged me another £18! I then said 'we have already paid for the drinks' so she then refunded me £6!!! Still think £26 for 3 scones and 3 drinks is a bit steep... the staff in the cafe are just as clueless as the people at the shop/ reception. Some training would not be a miss.

Great place to visit. You can spend all day there ans still not see it all. One drawback is the food. Orderd fish and chips in the main restraunt but it was awful. The fish was so over cooked when it came it was bent over and was realy hard to straighten it out. The fish was so over cooked the batter was so crispy you had a job to cut through it and on top of that the peas where under cooked. We had a taxi booked and had to try to eat what we could it but that was impossible so we just had the chips. The dinner was so late arriving otherwise we would have sent it back. Will go to the museum again but next time take our own food.

There is a lot to see and the staff are friendly. You could stay all day there and it's very relaxed. The food options away from the main entrance is pretty poor and expensive. I don't think I've ever seen a sadder excuse for a sandwich before. Bring your own food and drink especially if you have young kids.