At 12:15pm, on the 29th April, 2011, a 21-gun salute was�given by re-enactors�at Prince William's Saluting Battery, Fort Amherst. The Royal Salute was to�mark the Royal Wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. Fort Amherst was one of only two venues in the country that had been�given special permission by Buckingham Palace to fire�a salute, with live cannons. The sound of the cannons firing was tremendous and could be heard across�part of Medway and for several miles around.

Prince William's West�Battery was specially restored for the occasion�with the help of�the Royal Engineers and the fort's volunteers.�The battery�was used as a saluting battery in the 19th and early 20th century, to fire Royal Salutes, and a mid-day cannon.�It�is believed to have been last used over a hundred years ago.

The new Prince William's Bridge.

�The 21-gun salute also marked the official opening of the fort's new 'Prince William's Bridge', and opening of the fort's parkland as part of the Great Lines Heritage Park.�The footbridge was named after the present Prince William, and it�crosses the dry ditch on the south side of Belvedere Battery (behind the small expense magazine), linking the fort to the field of fire. A new�path and boardwalk�on the field of fire leads to the�Great Lines near the Royal Naval War Memorial.�The work to make Fort Amherst part of the Great Lines Heritage Park�was funded by�central governments "Parklands" funding stream. The overground parkland at the fort is now open, free of charge (does not include the tunnels),�every day except Christmas Day, �from 6:15am�to 7:45pm in Summer, and 3:45pm in Winter. There are also entrances�into the�fort's parkland�at the end of Maxwell Road, Brompton, and Khartoum Road, Chatham.

The field of fire path and boardwalk..