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Strood

Strood is a town in Medway, North Kent. It has several named areas, the most known areas are Earl Estate and Marlowe Park.

Strood
High Street, Strood, looking towards the with Commercial Road and Station Road junction, showing traffic congestion, 2 March 2008.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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Retail

Strood High Street

Strood has a high street, some of the shops there are Tesco,[1] Asda,[2] Poundstretcher,[3] Aldi,[4] Sports Direct,[5] Savers[6] and Iceland,[7]

Strood Retail Park

Strood has a retail park called Strood Retail Park.

In 2016, the B&Q store at Strood Retail Park was demolished,[8] and new shops were built there, the new shops were Gym Group Gym,[9] Starbucks,[10] B&M Bargains,[11] Maplin[12] and M&S Foodhall.[9][11]

In February 2018, Maplin went into administration[13] and they closed all of their shops. In 2018, B&M extended their shop into the old Maplin shop.

In 2019, a Cancer Research charity shop opened at the Retail Park.

In 2021, a Hobby Craft opened at the Retail Park.[14]

As of January 2025, It has the following shops: the Gym Group Gym,[9] Starbucks,[10] B&M Bargains,[11] M&S Foodhall,[9][11] Next,[15] Argos,[15] Cancer Research,[16] Hobbycraft,[17] Poundland,[18] Matalan[15] and KFC.[15]

Education

For a full list of schools serving Strood, see List of schools in Medway.

Strood Academy is the only secondary school in Strood. For secondary schools, many pupils from Strood go to schools in different towns.

Sport and leisure

Strood has a leisure centre called Strood Sports Centre.[19]

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.[20][21]

  • 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. ↑ "Strood Superstore". Tesco. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Asda Strood". ASDA. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bargain hunters queue for hours for Poundstretcher opening". Kent Online. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "ALDI, Strood, Friary Place". stores.aldi.co.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Store details - Strood". Sports Direct. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Strood". Savers. Archived from the original on 18 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Iceland Strood". Iceland. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  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 9.2 9.3 Jordan, Nicola (21 February 2017). "New M&S Foodhall for Medway". Kent Online. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Cox, Lynn (14 July 2017). "Starbucks, the American coffee giant, will soon be opened at Strood Retail Park". Kent Online. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 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.
  12. ↑ "Retail park regeneration gives people more choice". Kent Online. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  13. ↑ "Maplin collapses as rescue talks fail". BBC News. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  14. ↑ "Hobbycraft reveals new store's opening date". Kent Online. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 "Strood Retail Park" (PDF). completelyretail.co.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  16. ↑ "Strood (Superstore)". Cancer Research UK. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  17. ↑ "Hobbycraft reveals new store's opening date". Kent Online. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  18. ↑ Horn, Jenni (2 February 2015). "Strood to get huge Poundland store in old Paul Simon premises". Kent Online. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  19. ↑ "Bar closes as Strood Leisure Centre gets £1.9m revamp". Kent Online. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  20. ↑ BBC 2011.
  21. ↑ Historic England 1336171.
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