River Medway
The River Medway is a river in South East England. It rises in the High Weald, West Sussex and flows through Tonbridge, Maidstone and the Medway conurbation in Kent, before emptying into the Thames Estuary near Sheerness, a total distance of 70 miles.Notable Places in the Area
Garrison Point Fort
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Garrison Point Fort is a former artillery fort situated at the end of the Garrison Point peninsula at Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent.
Grain Tower
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Grain Tower is a mid-19th-century gun tower situated offshore just east of Grain, Kent, standing in the mouth of the River Medway.
Sheerness-on-Sea railway station
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Sheerness-on-Sea railway station is on the Sheerness Line in north Kent, England, and serves the town of Sheerness.
Localities in the Area
Sheerness
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Sheerness is a port town and civil parish beside the mouth of the River Medway on the north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, England.
Halfway Houses
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Halfway Houses is a village on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent in England. Halfway Houses is situated 4 km southeast of River Medway.
Rushenden
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Rushenden is a village on the Isle of Sheppey in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England, of approximately 500 dwellings. Rushenden is situated 4½ km south of River Medway.
River Medway
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in South East England
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Hoo St Werburgh, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.44791° or 51° 26' 53" northLongitude
0.73299° or 0° 43' 59" eastOpen Location Code
9F32CPXM+55GeoNames ID
2642831Wikidata ID
Q1434222River Medway Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: نهر ميدواي
- Asturian: Ríu Medway
- Azerbaijani: Miduey çayı
- Basque: Medway ibaia
- Belarusian: Медуэй
- Bengali: রিভার মেডওয়ে
- Catalan: Riu Medway
- Catalan: riu Medway
- Cebuano: River Medway
- Cebuano: River Medway at Yalding
- Chinese: 密德威河
- Chinese: 梅德韦河
- Chuvash: Медуэй
- Croatian: Medway
- Croatian: Rijeka Medway, Kent
- Czech: Medway
- Danish: Medway
- Dutch: Medway
- Dutch: River Medway
- Dutch: River Medway at Yalding
- Egyptian Arabic: نهر ميدواى
- English: Medway
- English: River Medway at Yalding
- Esperanto: Rivero Medway
- French: Medway
- German: River Medway
- Gujarati: રિવર મેડવે
- Hebrew: נהר מידווי
- Hungarian: Medway (folyó)
- Hungarian: Medway
- Italian: Medway
- Japanese: メドウェイ川
- Japanese: メドウェー川
- Kannada: ಮೆಡ್ವೇ ನದಿ
- Korean: 메드웨이
- Lithuanian: Riveris
- Norwegian: Medway
- Norwegian Bokmål: Medway
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Medway
- Persian: رود مدوی
- Polish: Medway
- Portuguese: River Medway
- Russian: Медуэй
- Serbian: Медвеј
- Serbo-Croatian: Medway
- Slovenian: Medway
- Spanish: Rio Medway
- Spanish: Río Medway
- Swedish: Medway
- Swedish: River Medway
- Swedish: River Medway at Yalding
- Tamil: ரிவேர் மெட்வெய்
- Telugu: రివర్ మెడ్వే
- Turkish: Medway Nehri
- Ukrainian: Медуей (річка)
- Urdu: ریور میدوے
- Welsh: Afon Medway
- Western Frisian: Medway
- Медвей
Other Places Named River Medway
In the Area
Localities
- QueenboroughVillage, 3½ km south
- Barton's PointLocality, 4½ km east
- MinsterTown, 6 km southeast
- AllhallowsVillage, 7 km west
- Lower StokeHamlet, 7 km west
- Middle StokeHamlet, 7 km west
Landmarks
- Garrison PointPoint
- Sheerness HarbourHarbour
- SheernessPort
- Isle of GrainIsland
- West SwaleChannel, 3½ km south
- West PointCape, 3½ km south
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page River Medway. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.