Site of the former naval airship station constructed before World War I (c.1912 - 1920). It was used as an experimental base for the design and testing of airships and later became a training school for airship captains and technical staff. At its height the site included two airship sheds, workshops, barracks and facilities for perhaps over 600 personnel, gas-holders and a hydrogen gas generating station. The site was linked to a pier on the Medway by a narrow gauge railway. The site was abandoned by 1920 - later uses included wood pulping and as a small oil and petrol refinery in the 1930’s. The site is now largely demolished.