St Mary’s Island is the exciting new residential community at Chatham Maritime

St Mary’s Island was originally a series of marshy inlets, but was enclosed and made up during the great expansion of the dockyard in the late 19th century. This expansion involved the building of the three huge dock basins which separate St Mary’s Island from the “mainland” and the South Maritime Estate|.

St Mary’s Island is a primarily residential area, which will eventually contain towards two thousand homes. The homes are mostly being built by Countryside Properties, with smaller sectors by Redrow and Barratts.

The Island also contains the St Mary’s Island Primary School|, the Community Centre| and the Surgery|.

The Island’s unique character is emphasised by the fact that it can only be reached by means of the two lifting bridges which span the dock basins.