Nearby, the New Thames Yacht Club (a breakaway from the Royal Thames Yacht Club), formerly Pallister's Hotel, and the Union Yacht Club (with which the New Thames amalgamated) was the centre of considerable yachting activities. King Edward VII when Prince of Wales and Kaiser Wilhelm 11 were frequent visitors during the Gravesend Yacht weeks.
References and further information:
"A Historical Walk Through Gravesend And Northfleet" published by Gravesend Historical Society.
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