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Strood

Strood is a town in Medway, North Kent.

Strood
High Street, Strood (3) - geograph.org.uk - 714438.jpg
High Street, Strood
Population 33,182 
OS grid reference TQ725695
Unitary authority Medway
Ceremonial county Kent
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ROCHESTER
Postcode district ME2
Dialling code 01634
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Rochester and Strood
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England
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It has a high street which has the following stores: Sports Direct [1] Asda,[2] Wilko,[3] Iceland[4] and Tesco[5]

It also has a retail park which has the following stores: Next,[6] Argos[6] Poundworld[7] Matalan [6] KFC,[6]

In 2016, the B&Q store at Strood Retail Park was demolished,[8] and new shops were built which include M&S Foodhall,[9][10] B&M Bargains,[10] Starbucks,[11] and a Gym.[9] It also has a leisure centre, Strood Leisure Centre. Strood includes several named areas, notably Earl Estate and Marlowe Park.

Strood Media

  • High Speed 1 and the M2 form the southwestern boundary of Strood.

  • A Eurostar train passing Strood heading for the Medway Viaduct

  • The River Medway and its marshes in Strood, showing Strood juxtaposed with Rochester

  • The far end of Medway Valley Leisure Park.

  • The Crispin and Crispianus pub is typical of the shiplapped houses in Strood on the higher ground, On 27 March 2011 the pub was set alight.[12][13]

  • A Strood-built road roller, standing in the grounds of the former Aveling and Porter factory in 1993

  • Strood Retail Park

  • 1863 Map of Strood and Frindsbury: note the undrained land between the railway and Frindsbury Hill, the creeks behind the Civic Centre and the lack of houses.

  • 1909 Map of Strood and Frindsbury: note the growth in houses. There is no separation between Strood and Frindsbury, an extra church in Frindsbury parish to accommodate the new houses, and note also how Jane's Creek has been developed; later this will be back filled to provide land for retail.

References

  1. ↑ "Store details - Strood". Sports Direct. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Asda Strood". ASDA. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Wilko Strood". Wilko. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Iceland Strood". Iceland. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Strood Superstore". Tesco. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Strood Retail Park" (PDF). completelyretail.co.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  7. ↑ Horn, Jenni (2 February 2015). "Strood to get huge Poundland store in old Paul Simon premises". Kent Online. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Horn, Jenni (9 January 2016). "B&Q store at Strood Retail Park shuts ahead of plans for new shops, cafe and The Gym Group 24-hour gym". Kent Online. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Jordan, Nicola (21 February 2017). "New M&S Foodhall for Medway". Kent Online. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Jordan, Nicola (23 June 2017). "M&S Foodhall and B&M opening at Strood Retail Park and Peacocks opening at Dockside Outlet Centre". Kent Online. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  11. ↑ Cox, Lynn (14 July 2017). "Starbucks, the American coffee giant, will soon be opened at Strood Retail Park". Kent Online. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  12. ↑ BBC 2011.
  13. ↑ Historic England 1336171.
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