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Strood, Gillingham — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Strood is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent, sharing the Medway Towns conurbation with Rochester and Chatham.
About Strood
Where to stay in Strood
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Strood sits on the water. A stay on the northwest bank of the River Medway puts the visitor at the lowest bridging point, with Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham joined on in the same conurbation, which is the practical argument for it. Temple Manor anchors the older end, St Francis' Church and the Church of St Nicholas mark the parish streets, and Diggerland Kent draws a different sort of day out on this side of the Medway.
Bryant House rounds out the list.
About Strood
What are the main landmarks in Strood?
Five names carry Strood. Temple Manor stands first among them, with the Church of St Nicholas and St Francis' Church covering the parish record and Bryant House the domestic one. Diggerland Kent is the outlier.
It sits away from the older fabric altogether, and a visitor working through the whole list crosses from the River Medway frontage out toward the edge of the town.
What is the history of Strood?
Strood grew at a crossing. The town holds the northwest bank of the River Medway at its lowest bridging point, and Temple Manor survives from the older phase of that ground. The Church of St Nicholas belongs to the same long parish record, with St Francis' Church and Bryant House on the same short list.
Strood is a town in the unitary authority of Medway, joined into one conurbation with Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham, the group known together as the Medway Towns, in the north of the English county of Kent.
Where is Strood?
Strood holds the northwest bank of the River Medway at its lowest bridging point, alongside Rochester and Chatham in the Medway Towns.
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Updated August 2026