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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Wikipedia
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Upnor Castle and Rochester Cathedral.

Castle
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is an Elizabethan artillery fort located on the west bank of the in . It is in the village of Upnor, opposite and a short distance downriver from the Chatham Dockyard, at one time a key naval facility.

Church
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, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is in Rochester, , England. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Rochester and seat of the Bishop of Rochester, the second oldest bishopric in England after that of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Railway station
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serves the town of in Medway, England. It is on the North Kent Line and is also a terminus of the Medway Valley Line. It is 31 miles 11 chains down the line from London Charing Cross.

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 . Together with its neighbouring towns of and it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.

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is a town on the River Medway in the north of the county of . Together with its neighbouring towns of and it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.

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is a historic maritime town in the county of Kent, on the River Medway. Steeped in naval heritage, it offers a mix of cultural, outdoor, and family-friendly activities.

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: “Medway”
  • Chinese: “梅德韋”
  • Chinese: “梅德韋鎮”
  • Chinese: “梅德韦”
  • Chinese: “梅德韦镇”
  • 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”
  • German: “GB-MDW”
  • German: “Medway”
  • Gujarati: “મેડવે”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Medway”
  • Hebrew: “מדווי”
  • Icelandic: “Medway”
  • Indonesian: “Medway”
  • Irish: “Medway”
  • Italian: “Borgo di Medway”
  • Italian: “Medway”
  • Japanese: “メッドウェイ”
  • Japanese: “メドウェイ”
  • Japanese: “メドウェイ市”
  • 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: “மிட்வே”
  • Tamil: “மெட்வே”
  • Telugu: “మిడ్ వే”
  • Turkish: “medway”
  • Ukrainian: “Медвей (район)”
  • Ukrainian: “Медвей”
  • Urdu: “میڈوے”
  • Welsh: “Medway”

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