River Medway
The River Medway is a river in South East England. It rises in the High Weald, West Sussex and flows through Tonbridge, Maidstone and the Medway conurbation in Kent, before emptying into the Thames Estuary near Sheerness, a total distance of 70 miles.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in South East England, UK
- Also known as: “Rio Medway”, “River Medway at Yalding”, and “メドウェー川”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Garrison Point Fort and Dummy Battery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blue Town and Sheerness.
Halfway Houses
Village
River Medway
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Hoo St Werburgh, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.44791° or 51° 26′ 53″ north
Longitude
0.73299° or 0° 43′ 59″ east
Open location code
9F32CPXM+55
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“River Medway” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر ميدواي”
- Asturian: “Ríu Medway”
- Azerbaijani: “Miduey çayı”
- Basque: “Medway ibaia”
- Basque: “Medway”
- Belarusian: “Медуэй”
- Bengali: “রিভার মেডওয়ে”
- Catalan: “riu Medway”
- Catalan: “Riu Medway”
- Cebuano: “River Medway”
- Chinese: “密德威河”
- Chinese: “梅德韦河”
- Chuvash: “Медуэй”
- Croatian: “Medway”
- Croatian: “Rijeka Medway, Kent”
- Czech: “Medway”
- Danish: “Medway”
- Dutch: “Medway”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ميدواى”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Medway”
- Finnish: “Medway”
- Finnish: “Medwayjoki”
- French: “Medway”
- German: “River Medway”
- Gujarati: “રિવર મેડવે”
- Hebrew: “נהר מידווי”
- Hungarian: “Medway”
- Italian: “Medway”
- Japanese: “メドウェイ川”
- Kannada: “ಮೆಡ್ವೇ ನದಿ”
- Korean: “메드웨이”
- Latvian: “Medveja”
- Lithuanian: “Riveris”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Medway”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Medway”
- Norwegian: “Medway”
- Persian: “رود مدوی”
- Polish: “Medway”
- Portuguese: “River Medway”
- Russian: “Медуэй”
- Serbian: “Медвеј”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Medway”
- Slovenian: “Medway”
- Spanish: “Río Medway”
- Swedish: “Medway”
- Swedish: “River Medway”
- Tamil: “ரிவேர் மெட்வெய்”
- Telugu: “రివర్ మెడ్వే”
- Turkish: “Medway Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Медвей”
- Ukrainian: “Медуей (річка)”
- Urdu: “ریور میدوے”
- Welsh: “Afon Medway”
- Western Frisian: “Medway”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Grain and Mile Town.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Garrison Point and Sheerness Harbour.
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Worth a closer look: London and Manchester.
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