Medway

Unitary authority area and borough
	Clockwise from top: Rochester Cathedral, HMS Ocelot, Rochester Castle, Royal Engineers Museum, Upnor Castle, Chatham Historic Dockyard
	Coat of arms
	Shown within Kent
	Coordinates: 51°23′N 0°32′E / 51.39°N 0.54°ECoordinates: 51°23′N 0°32′E / 51.39°N 0.54°E
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Ceremonial county	Kent
Status	Unitary authority
Incorporated	1 April 1998
Admin HQ	Gun Wharf, Chatham
Government
• Type	Unitary authority
• Body	Medway Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Labour Co-op)
• Mayor	Cllr Marian Nestorov
• MPs	Tristan Osborne (L); Naushabah Khan (L); Lauren Edwards (L);
• Deputy Mayor	Cllr Douglas Hamandishe
• Council Leader	Cllr Vince Maple
Area
• Total	74.14 sq mi (192.03 km2)
• Rank	170th (of 326)
• Rank	47th (of 326)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	00LC (ONS) E06000035 (GSS)
OS grid reference	Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".
Website	medway.gov.uk

Medway (commonly called the Medway Towns) is a large urban area in North Kent. It is made up of 5 towns: Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham. It is named after the River Medway. As of 2019 it has 278,016 people.^[2]

Medway Media

Dutch Attack on the Medway, June 1667 by Pieter Cornelisz van Soest, painted c. 1667. The captured ship HMS Royal Charles is right of centre
The Chatham Naval Memorial commemorates the 18,500 officers, ranks and ratings of the Royal Navy who were lost or buried at sea in the two World Wars. It stands on the Great Lines between Chatham and Gillingham.
Chatham High Street, December 2007
Chatham Bus Interchange Station, October 2011
The Quays, Chatham Dockside, December 2009
A view of the Medway Gate development, June 2009.
A view of the former Black Lion Leisure Centre (now Medway Park) on April 5, 2009.
The A2 crossing the Medway at Rochester on the site of the Roman crossings, the medieval crossing was to the south
Junction Two of the M2 is on the A228, just before the Medway motorway bridge. Alongside is High Speed 1. Both are seen climbing up the Nashenden Valley, towards Bluebell Hill.