Medway

Medway is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of in . It was formed in 1998 by merging the boroughs of Rochester-upon-Medway and , and is administered by Medway Council, which is independent from Kent County Council.
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  • Type: unitary authority area with 279,000 residents
  • Description: unitary authority area in Kent, South East England, UK
  • Also known as: “GB-MDW”, “மிட்வே”, “メッドウェイ”, “メドウェイ市”, “梅德韋鎮”, and “梅德韦镇”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Upnor Castle and Rochester Cathedral.

Castle
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is an Elizabethan artillery fort located on the west bank of the in .

Church
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, formally the Cathedral Church…

Railway station
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serves the town of in Medway, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rochester and Strood.

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is a town on the River Medway in the north of the county of .

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is a town on the River Medway in the north of the county of .

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is a historic maritime town in the county of Kent, on the River Medway.

Medway

Latitude
51.4167° or 51° 25′ north
Longitude
0.5° or 0° 30′ east
Population
279,000
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Abbreviation
“MDW”
Open location code
9F32CG82+M2
Geo­Names ID
3333170
Wiki­data ID
Q797782
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Medway” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميدواي”
  • Azerbaijani: “Meduey”
  • Basque: “Medway”
  • Belarusian: “Медуэй”
  • Bengali: “মেডওয়ে”
  • Breton: “Medway”
  • Catalan: “Medway”
  • Cebuano: “Medway”
  • Chinese: “梅德韋”
  • Chinese: “梅德韦”
  • Chinese: “麥德威”
  • Croatian: “Medway, Kent”
  • Croatian: “Medway”
  • Czech: “Medway”
  • Danish: “Medway”
  • Dutch: “Medway”
  • Esperanto: “Medway”
  • Finnish: “Medway”
  • French: “Medway”
  • German: “Borough of Medway”
  • Gujarati: “મેડવે”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Medway”
  • Hebrew: “מדווי”
  • Icelandic: “Medway”
  • Indonesian: “Medway”
  • Irish: “Medway”
  • Italian: “Borgo di Medway”
  • Italian: “Medway”
  • Japanese: “メドウェイ”
  • Kannada: “ಮೆಡ್ವೇ”
  • Korean: “메드웨이”
  • Latvian: “Medveja (unitārā pašvaldība)”
  • Latvian: “Medveja”
  • Luxembourgish: “Medway”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Medway”
  • Northern Frisian: “Borough of Medway”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Medway”
  • Norwegian: “Medway”
  • Persian: “مدوی”
  • Polish: “Medway”
  • Portuguese: “Medway”
  • Romanian: “Medway”
  • Russian: “Медуэй”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Medway”
  • Slovenian: “Medway”
  • Spanish: “Medway”
  • Swedish: “Medway”
  • Tamil: “மெட்வே”
  • Telugu: “మిడ్ వే”
  • Turkish: “medway”
  • Ukrainian: “Медвей (район)”
  • Ukrainian: “Медвей”
  • Urdu: “میڈوے”
  • Welsh: “Medway”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Noke Street and Mockbeggar.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ratley Hills and Higham railway station.

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