Waverley paddle steamer docks at town's new wharf

The Waverley docked at the recently-opened Limehouse Landing

The world's last sea-going paddle steamer has docked at a recently opened Kent wharf.

The Waverley arrived at Limehouse Landing, believed to be the first time it has visited Rochester.

It travelled from Gravesend to the Medway town on Friday, in the 50th year since the steamer's restoration.

The dock opened to its first vessels in May.

Medway councillor Alex Paterson, whose ward includes Limehouse Landing, is originally from Scotland and travelled on the Waverley as an eight-year-old.

Alex Paterson first journeyed on the Waverley 40 years ago

"I was on this vessel 40 years ago as an eight year old taking a trip, as they said, 'doon the watter' to Dunoon from Glasgow," he said.

"It's been amazing to be able to take the Waverley again to my home - the place that's been home for the past two decades - in Rochester."

The oil-fired steamship replaced an earlier PS Waverley that was lost during the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940.

After it was withdrawn from active service, it was gifted to the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society for a nominal fee of £1 in 1974.

The organisation previously said it would run two voyages on the Waverley from London to Rochester every year after the dock opened.