Work is due to start on a state-of-the-art themed entertainment/visitor attraction based on the life, times and books of Charles Dickens at the South East England Development Agency's flagship Chatham Maritime site. Construction of the Dickens World entertainment attraction is expected to begin in the next two months and it is anticipated that the Odeon operated multiplex-cinemas, together with bars and restaurants will open in October 2006, followed by the opening of the Dickens World visitor attraction in April 2007