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Rochester

Rochester 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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  • Type: Town with 63,000 residents
  • Description: town and former city in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, England
  • Also known as: “Rochester, Kent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rochester Cathedral and Rochester railway station.

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 Anglican 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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is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Rochester, Kent. It is 33 miles 61 chains down the line from and is situated between and Chatham.

Railway station
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serves the town of in , 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 Chatham and Strood.

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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.

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

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town on the River Medway in the north of the county of . Together with its neighbouring towns of Rochester and it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.

Rochester

Latitude
51.3884° or 51° 23′ 18″ north
Longitude
0.5049° or 0° 30′ 18″ east
Population
63,000
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
IATA airport code
RCS
Open location code
9F329GQ3+9X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26008146
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2639268
Wiki­data ID
Q507517
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Rochester” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Rochester, Kent”
  • Arabic: “روتشستر (كنت)”
  • Arabic: “روتشستر”
  • Armenian: “Ռոչեսթեր”
  • Asturian: “Rochester”
  • Basque: “Rochester”
  • Belarusian: “Рочэстэр (Кент)”
  • Belarusian: “Рочэстэр”
  • Bengali: “রচেস্টার”
  • Breton: “Rochester”
  • Catalan: “Rochester”
  • Cebuano: “Rochester”
  • Chinese: “罗彻斯特”
  • Chinese: “羅徹斯特”
  • Croatian: “Rochester, Kent”
  • Croatian: “Rochester”
  • Czech: “Rochester”
  • Danish: “Rochester”
  • Dutch: “Rochester”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “روتشستر”
  • Esperanto: “Rochester”
  • Faroese: “Rochester”
  • Finnish: “Rochester”
  • French: “Rochester”
  • German: “Rochester”
  • Greek: “Ρότσεστερ”
  • Gujarati: “રોચેસ્ટર”
  • Hebrew: “רוצ’סטר”
  • Icelandic: “Rochester í Kent”
  • Indonesian: “Rochester, Kent”
  • Irish: “Rochester”
  • Italian: “Rochester”
  • Japanese: “ロチェスター”
  • Kalaallisut: “Rochester”
  • Kannada: “ರೋಚೆಸ್ಟರ್”
  • Korean: “로체스터”
  • Ladin: “Rochester”
  • Latin: “Durobrevae”
  • Latin: “Durobrivae”
  • Latin: “Durobrivis”
  • Latin: “Roffa”
  • Latvian: “Ročestera (Anglija)”
  • Latvian: “Ročestera”
  • Lithuanian: “Ročesteris”
  • Narom: “Rochêtre (Caint)”
  • Narom: “Rochêtre”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rochester-upon-Medway”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rochester”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rochester i Kent”
  • Norwegian: “Rochester”
  • Persian: “روچستر، کنت”
  • Polish: “Rochester”
  • Portuguese: “Rochester”
  • Pushto: “روچسټر”
  • Romanian: “Rochester, Kent”
  • Romanian: “Rochester”
  • Russian: “Рочестер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ročester”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rochester”
  • Slovenian: “Rochester”
  • South Azerbaijani: “روچستر، کنت”
  • Spanish: “Rochester (Kent)”
  • Spanish: “Rochester”
  • Swedish: “Rochester, Kent”
  • Swedish: “Rochester”
  • Tamil: “ரோச்எஸ்டெர்”
  • Tatar: “Рочестер”
  • Telugu: “రోచెస్టర్”
  • Turkish: “Rochester, Kent”
  • Ukrainian: “Рочестер”
  • Urdu: “روچیسٹر، کینٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Rochester, Kent”
  • Vietnamese: “Rochester”
  • Volapük: “Rochester”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rochester, Kent”
  • Welsh: “Rochester, Caint”
  • Welsh: “Rochester”

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