Medway is a unitary authority district and conurbation in Kent, South East England.It had a population in 2019 of 278,016. The unitary authority was formed in 1998 when Rochester-upon-Medway amalgamated with Gillingham to form Medway Towns. It is now a unitary authority area run by Medway Council, independent of Kent County Council but still part of the ceremonial …

The River Medway is a river in South East England.It rises in the High Weald, East 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 (113 km).About 13 miles (21 km) of the river lies in East Sussex, with the remainder being in Kent. It has a catchment area of 930 …

Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) is a public university located in Canterbury, Kent, England.Founded as a Church of England college for teacher training in 1962, it was granted university status in 2005.. The university has developed rapidly since its inception in 1962 and now has around 15,000 students based at locations across Kent in Canterbury, Medway (as …

De Medway is een rivier in Engeland van 112 km die stroomt van het graafschap West Sussex, door Tonbridge, Maidstone, Aylesford en Rochester in het graafschap Kent naar de Theems.. Tot 1746 kon niet verder gevaren worden dan Tonbridge, maar in 1828 werd de bevaarbaarheid verbeterd tot aan Leigh.. De Medway verdeelt het graafschap Kent in tweeën, in een oostelijk en …

Chatham (/ ˈ tʃ æ t ə m / CHAT-əm) is a town located within the Medway unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Kent, England.The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Gillingham, Rochester, Strood and Rainham.. The town developed around Chatham Dockyard and several Army barracks, together with 19th-century forts which provided a defensive shield for …

A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream, creek, brook, rivulet, and rill.There are no official definitions for the generic term …

The River class is a class of offshore patrol vessels built primarily for the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.A total of nine were built for the Royal Navy (RN), four Batch 1 and five Batch 2. One Batch 1 (HMS Clyde), which was the Falklands guard ship, was decommissioned and transferred at the end of its lease to the Royal Bahrain Naval Force.The three remaining Batch 1 ships …

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, …

The unitary authorities of England are those local authorities which are responsible for the provision of all local government services within a district. They are constituted under the Local Government Act 1992, which amended the Local Government Act 1972 to allow the existence of counties that do not have multiple districts. They typically allow large towns to have separate …

A gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's county, unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates.