Betfred Opening Times Chatham
Opening times for both Betfred betting shops in Chatham: 192 High Street in the town centre, a few minutes from the Pentagon, and the Walderslade Centre branch three miles south. Both show whether they are open right now and how long you have before they close today.
Checking times…
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Time now in Chatham
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— —Until you share your location, “nearest” means nearest to the town centre: Betfred, 192 High Street (ME4 4AS), a few minutes from the Pentagon.
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Betfred Chatham opening times at a glance
- Betfred shops in Chatham
- 2 branches
- With published weekly times
- Both of them
- Earliest weekday opening
- 08:00 — 192 High Street
- Latest closing
- 22:00 — 192 High Street, every day
- Christmas Day
- Both shops closed — required by law
Chatham is down to two Betfred branches, and they run an hour apart at both ends of the day. 192 High Street opens at 08:00 and closes at 22:00, holding that closing time seven days a week; the Walderslade Centre branch opens at 09:00 and closes at 21:00, also every day. Neither varies between weekdays and Saturday, so the only thing that changes across the week is the Sunday opening, an hour later at each. A third branch on Rainham Road has closed and is no longer listed.
Betfred in Chatham town centre
The town-centre branch on the High Street, a few minutes from the Pentagon Shopping Centre and Chatham station. The row shows today’s times, whether the shop is open now and how long until it closes, with buttons for the map pin, a route from where you are and Street View of the shopfront.
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Betfred, High Street (town centre)192 High Street, Chatham ME4 4AS
192 High Street carries its own published weekly times and is the longer-opening of Chatham’s two branches on every day of the week. It sits on the pedestrianised stretch of the High Street, with a Coral a few doors along at 214–216 and Rochester and Gillingham both about a mile away in either direction. Distances are straight-line estimates from the town centre. Street View opens at the shop’s position, so you may need to turn the view to face the shopfront.
Chatham Betfred opening times compared
The full weekly pattern for both branches in one table. Today’s column is highlighted.
The two shops mirror each other an hour apart. Neither changes its hours between Monday and Saturday, and neither changes its closing time on a Sunday — only the opening moves, from 08:00 to 09:00 at the High Street and from 09:00 to 10:00 at Walderslade. That makes Chatham one of the simplest towns on this site to plan around: the High Street shop is always open until 22:00 and Walderslade always until 21:00.
| Shop | Mon – Fri | Saturday | Sunday | Find the shop |
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| High Street (town centre)192 High Street, ME4 4AS | 08:00–22:00 | 08:00–22:00 | 09:00–22:00 | |
| Walderslade CentreWalderslade Centre, Walderslade Road, ME5 9LR | 09:00–21:00 | 09:00–21:00 | 10:00–21:00 |
Earliest and latest Betfred shops in Chatham
Full weekly times are published for both branches, so this section covers every shop on the page.
Open earliest
192 High Street opens at 08:00 Monday to Saturday, an hour before Walderslade at 09:00. On a Sunday the High Street shop opens at 09:00 and Walderslade at 10:00. Neither branch opens before 08:00 on any day, and neither brings its opening time forward for Saturday, which is unusual — most towns have at least one shop that opens earlier at the weekend.
Open latest
192 High Street closes at 22:00 and holds that time every day of the week, Sunday included. Walderslade closes at 21:00, also seven days a week. After 21:00 on any evening the town centre is the only option in Chatham, though the Gillingham branch on the High Street there is about a mile away.
The one to remember: 192 High Street runs 08:00 to 22:00 Monday to Saturday and 09:00 to 22:00 on a Sunday — fourteen hours a day, six days a week, and the only Betfred in the town open past 21:00 at any point in the week.
Betfred Chatham Sunday opening times
Sunday in Chatham means a later start at both shops but no change to either closing time.
| Shop | Opens | Closes | Find the shop |
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| High Street (town centre)192 High Street, ME4 4AS | 09:00 | 22:00 | |
| Walderslade CentreWalderslade Centre, Walderslade Road, ME5 9LR | 10:00 | 21:00 |
192 High Street runs thirteen hours on a Sunday, 09:00 to 22:00, which is a strong Sunday for a town of this size. Walderslade opens at 10:00 and closes at 21:00, eleven hours. Both are open through the evening kick-offs, so unlike many towns covered here there is no Sunday evening gap in Chatham.
Betfred Chatham bank holiday opening times
Betting shops in England can trade on every bank holiday bar one. Premises licences issued under the Gambling Act 2005 carry a condition that gambling facilities cannot be provided on Christmas Day, so both Chatham branches close on 25 December by law rather than by choice.
On the other bank holidays, Chatham branches usually run either their normal times for that day of the week or a slightly shorter day. Betfred has in past years announced a chain-wide 20:00 close on bank holiday Mondays, which would cut two hours off the High Street shop and an hour off Walderslade. Dates in the tables below update automatically.
Easter opening times
Betting shops have been allowed to open on Good Friday since the Gambling Act 2005 came into force, and there is no Easter Sunday restriction in Great Britain. Across the Easter weekend, expect both Chatham branches to follow their usual pattern for that day.
| Day | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
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| Good Friday | Friday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal weekday times |
| Easter Saturday | Saturday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal Saturday times |
| Easter Sunday | First Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March | — | Normal Sunday times |
| Easter Monday | Day after Easter Sunday | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
May and August bank holidays
The early May, spring and summer bank holidays all fall on a Monday. Check the window card or the Betfred shop finder the week before, particularly at the High Street branch where an early close makes the biggest difference.
| Bank holiday | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
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| Early May bank holiday | First Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Spring bank holiday | Last Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Summer bank holiday | Last Monday in August | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
Christmas and New Year opening times
The festive fortnight is the only stretch of the year when Chatham times move far from the weekly pattern. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally finish early, Boxing Day — the biggest racing day of the winter — runs close to normal, and New Year’s Day starts later.
| Day | Date | Next date | Usual pattern in Chatham |
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| Christmas Eve | 24 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| Christmas Day | 25 December | — | Closed all day, both shops |
| Boxing Day | 26 December | — | Normal opening, close around 20:00 |
| Substitute bank holiday | When 25 or 26 December falls on a weekend | — | Normal times for that day |
| New Year’s Eve | 31 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| New Year’s Day | 1 January | — | Later start around 10:00, close around 20:00 |
Each Chatham branch sets its own festive times and usually posts them in the window from mid-December. The Walderslade shop sits in a small shopping precinct and may also follow the centre’s own festive hours. The live countdowns on this page follow the standard weekly times and the Christmas Day closure only, so check the window card before travelling on 24, 26 or 31 December or 1 January.
How the live opening times work
Everything live on this page reads the clock in Chatham (UK time), not the clock on your device, and compares it against each shop’s published times. That keeps the status right even if you are checking from abroad.
The panel at the top
The top panel covers the town-centre branch on the High Street. It tells you whether it is open right now and how long until it closes. After the last close it switches to counting down to opening the next morning.
The shop rows
Open now means the shop is inside its published times and the countdown shows how long is left. Closed shows when it opens next. Counters stop taking cash bets a few minutes before closing so staff can settle slips, so if you are collecting winnings, aim to arrive ten minutes before the time shown.
Map, directions and Street View
Each row has three buttons. Map drops a pin on the shop, Directions plans a route from wherever you are, and Street View shows the street around the shop so you can spot the frontage before you set off. Tap “Use my current location” and both lists re-order themselves, and the directions button points to whichever of the two branches is closer to you.
Betfred at Walderslade
The second Chatham branch sits in the Walderslade Centre on Walderslade Road, about three miles south of the town centre towards Lordswood. It publishes full weekly times, so its live status is as exact as the High Street shop’s.
Betfred in Walderslade 1 shop
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Betfred, Walderslade CentreWalderslade Centre, Walderslade Road, Walderslade, Chatham ME5 9LR
Walderslade runs 09:00 to 21:00 Monday to Saturday and 10:00 to 21:00 on a Sunday, an hour behind the High Street branch at both ends. There is a Coral half a mile away at 12 Admirals Walk, which closes at 21:30 on weekdays but only 18:00 on a Sunday, so the Betfred is the later option on a Sunday evening. This is the closest branch to Lordswood, Blue Bell Hill and the southern Medway villages.
Betfred near Chatham
Chatham runs straight into Gillingham and Rochester, and the Medway towns each have their own branches listed under their own names.
The closest is Gillingham, whose High Street branch is about a mile east of the Chatham High Street shop. Rainham’s Parkwood Green branch is three miles further out, and Maidstone has two, on Middle Row and at the Mid Kent Shopping Centre in Allington. Snodland, Sittingbourne and Gravesend all have branches too, and a Chatham branch at 168 Rainham Road has closed.
Both Chatham shops are licensed by Medway Council, as are the Gillingham, Rainham and Rochester branches, even though they are listed under separate post towns. If you are heading for Gillingham or Rochester rather than Chatham itself, use the location button above: the directions button always routes to the closer of the two Chatham branches, which may not be the nearest Betfred overall.
Other bookmakers in Chatham
Coral is the biggest name in Chatham, with more shops in the town than Betfred.
Coral trades at 214–216 High Street, a few doors from the Betfred at 192, plus 12 Admirals Walk in Walderslade and 16a Highview Drive. Paddy Power has a branch at 118a High Street in Gillingham, about a mile east, and another at 178–184 High Street in Rochester. Coral also has shops on Delce Road and High Street in Rochester.
We are still confirming full weekly times branch by branch for the non-Betfred shops in Chatham, so they are not listed with live status on this page yet. Two spots are worth knowing: the High Street, where the Betfred at 192 and the Coral at 214–216 are a few doors apart, and Walderslade, where the Betfred and the Coral on Admirals Walk are half a mile apart. Every bookmaker in the town is closed on Christmas Day by law.
About Betfred in Chatham
| Trading name | Betfred |
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| Licensee | Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited |
| Head office | Birchwood, Warrington |
| Licensing authority | Medway Council |
| Branches in Chatham | 2 betting shops |
| Recently closed | 168 Rainham Road, ME5 7EN |
Betfred began in Salford in 1967, when brothers Fred and Peter Done opened their first betting shop, and it runs its estate from Birchwood in Warrington. Chatham is a two-shop town now, down from three: the Rainham Road branch has closed, leaving the High Street shop in the centre and the Walderslade Centre branch out towards Lordswood. Across the Medway towns as a whole Betfred is better represented, with further branches in Gillingham and Rainham, all licensed by Medway Council.
For travellers, 192 High Street is the one to know: on the pedestrianised stretch a few minutes from the Pentagon Shopping Centre, the bus station and Chatham railway station, and open until 22:00 every day of the week. It is also the closest Betfred to the Historic Dockyard and to Rochester, a mile west along the river. The Walderslade branch covers the southern half of the town, where the High Street shop is a good twenty minutes away by bus.
Frequently asked questions
- How many Betfred shops are there in Chatham?
- Two: 192 High Street in the town centre and the Walderslade Centre branch on Walderslade Road, about three miles south. Both are licensed by Medway Council and both publish full weekly times. A third Chatham branch, at 168 Rainham Road, has closed. Gillingham and Rainham have their own branches listed under their own names.
- What time does Betfred open in Chatham?
- 192 High Street opens at 08:00 Monday to Saturday and 09:00 on a Sunday. Walderslade opens an hour later, at 09:00 on weekdays and Saturdays and 10:00 on a Sunday. Neither branch varies its opening time between weekdays and Saturday.
- What time does Betfred close in Chatham?
- 192 High Street closes at 22:00 every day of the week, including Sunday. Walderslade closes at 21:00, also seven days a week. Neither changes its closing time across the week, so if you know the time it applies every day.
- Which Betfred in Chatham is open latest on a Sunday?
- 192 High Street, which trades 09:00 to 22:00 — thirteen hours, and the same closing time it keeps all week. Walderslade closes an hour earlier at 21:00 and opens an hour later at 10:00, so it runs eleven hours.
- Is Betfred open on Christmas Day?
- No. Every betting shop in Great Britain is closed on Christmas Day. It is a condition attached to premises licences under the Gambling Act 2005, not a company decision.
- Are Betfred shops in Chatham open on bank holidays?
- Yes. Good Friday, Easter Monday and the May and August bank holidays are all trading days, usually on normal or slightly shortened hours. Betfred has in past years announced a chain-wide 20:00 close on bank holiday Mondays, which would cut two hours off the High Street branch. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally close early, and New Year’s Day opens later.
- Which Betfred is nearest to Chatham station and the Pentagon?
- 192 High Street is the closest to both, a few minutes’ walk from the Pentagon Shopping Centre and Chatham station, and it is the longer-opening of the two branches. For Walderslade and the Lordswood side of the town, the Walderslade Centre branch is the one to use.
- How do I find the nearest Betfred to me in Chatham?
- Tap “Use my current location”. Both lists on this page then re-order nearest-first, and the directions button at the top routes you to the closer of the two Chatham Betfred shops.