Where To Find Us

We are located at The Oast Community Centre, Granary Close, Rainham, Kent, ME8 7SG adjacent to the railway station.

For visitors travelling by car leave the M2 at junction 4 onto the A278; at Bowaters roundabout turn East onto the A2 towards Rainham. In the High Street opposite St Margaret's Church (by the Cricketers and White Horse pubs) turn north into Station Rd, pass over the level crossing and turn left immediately into Granary Close to reach the venue where there is car parking available. If no spaces are available a large municipal car park is adjacent to the railway station (charge £2.50 for up to 4 hrs) and there is limited free parking in the neighbouring streets.

Frequent local buses serve Rainham High Street which is a 10 minute stroll away.

Rainham railway station is on the main line from London to the Kent Coast via the Medway towns. Frequent High Speed trains from St Pancras and Main Line trains from Victoria take around 1 hour. Alternatively a slow Thameslink service that stops at all stations links Rainham via London Bridge to Bedford. If travelling from Charing Cross or North-West Kent, change at Gravesend or Chatham. From Dover or Ramsgate, the journey is also roughly 1 hour. If travelling north on the Medway Valley line, change at Strood and join either a High Speed or Thameslink service.

We also have an online club hosted by LiChess where we run various events.