Medway
Unitary authority area in Kent, England
About
Medway is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Kent in South East England. It was formed in 1998 by merging the boroughs of Rochester-upon-Medway and Gillingham, and is administered by Medway Council, which is independent from Kent County Council. The borough had a population of 292,655 in 2024. The borough contains the towns of Chatham, Gillingham, Rainham, Rochester and Strood, which are collectively known as the Medway Towns. Medway will be abolished and replaced by the new unitary authority of North Kent on 1 April 2028, with elections to the shadow authority set to happen on 6 May 2027.
Medway is one of the boroughs included in the Thames Gateway development scheme. It is also the home of Universities at Medway, a tri-partite collaboration of the University of Greenwich, the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University on a single campus in Chatham, together with the Medway School of Arts.
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Raid on the Medway
1667 Second Anglo-Dutch War battle
1.0 mi away
Priestfield Stadium
Association football stadium in Kent, England
1.0 mi away
Upnor Castle
Fort in Kent, England
1.3 mi away
Fort Pitt, Kent
Napoleonic fort in Chatham, Kent
1.3 mi away
PS Medway Queen
Paddle steamer, little ship of Dunkirk
0.9 mi away
HMS Cavalier
C-class destroyer
0.7 mi awayPlaces to eat nearby
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