Strood
Strood is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Rochester and Chatham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Town with 33,200 residents
- Description: town in the unitary authority of Medway in South East England
- Also known as: “Strood, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rochester Cathedral and Rochester railway station.
Rochester Cathedral
Church
Photo: Raggatt2000, Public domain.
Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is in Rochester, Kent, 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.
Rochester railway station
Railway station
Photo: ClemRutter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rochester railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Rochester, Kent. It is 33 miles 61 chains down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Sole Street and Chatham.
Strood railway station
Railway station
Strood railway station serves the town of Strood 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 Chatham.
Rochester
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rochester is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Chatham and Gillingham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.
Chatham
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chatham is a historic maritime town in the English county of Kent, on the River Medway. Steeped in naval heritage, it offers a mix of cultural, outdoor, and family-friendly activities.
Gillingham
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gillingham is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Rochester and Chatham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.
Strood
- Category: locality
- Location: Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.3959° or 51° 23′ 45″ northLongitude
0.4951° or 0° 29′ 42″ eastPopulation
33,200Elevation
105 feet (32 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB STDOpen location code
9F329FWW+82OpenStreetMap ID
node 29368898OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Strood” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Strood”
- Basque: “Strood”
- Bengali: “স্ট্রড”
- Bulgarian: “Строд”
- Catalan: “Strood”
- Cebuano: “Strood”
- Chinese: “斯杜魯德”
- Chinese: “斯杜鲁德”
- Chinese: “斯特罗德”
- Chinese: “斯特羅德”
- Chinese: “斯特魯德”
- Czech: “Strood”
- Dutch: “Strood”
- French: “Strood”
- German: “Strood”
- Gujarati: “સ્ટ્રૂડ”
- Irish: “Strood”
- Italian: “Strood”
- Japanese: “ストルード”
- Kannada: “ಸ್ಟ್ರೂಡ್”
- Korean: “스트루드”
- Ladin: “Strood”
- Lithuanian: “Strudas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Strood”
- Persian: “استرود، کنت”
- Polish: “Strood”
- Portuguese: “Strood”
- Romanian: “Strood”
- Russian: “Струд”
- Slovak: “Strood”
- South Azerbaijani: “استرود، کنت”
- Spanish: “Strood”
- Swedish: “Strood”
- Tamil: “ஸ்ட்ரூட்”
- Telugu: “స్ట్రూడ్”
- Urdu: “اسٹرود”
- Volapük: “Strood”
- Welsh: “Strood”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Strood”. Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.