This article is about the Medway towns in England. For others, see Medway (disambiguation)

{| border=1 cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" width=300 style=margin-left:10px Borough of Medway Geography Status:Unitary, Borough Region:South East England Ceremonial County:Kent Area:
- TotalRanked 192nd
192.03 km² Admin. HQ:Strood ONS code:00LC Demographics Population:
- Total ()
- DensityRanked

/ km² Ethnicity:94.6% White
2.9% S.Asian Politics Medway Council
http://www.medway.gov.uk/ Leadership:Leader & Cabinet Executive: MPs:Paul Clark, Robert Marshall-Andrews, Jonathan Shaw Medway is the name given to a conurbation in the north of Kent, England. It was previously known as "The Medway Towns" as the region consists of five towns on the River Medway that have gradually merged together. Because of its strategic location by the major crossing of the River Medway by Watling Street it has made a wide and historically significant contribution to Kent, and to the United Kingdom.

The five town involved in the conurbation are: Rochester, Chatham, Brompton, Strood, and Gillingham. The towns now form a single Borough of Medway, a unitary authority governed by Medway Council in Strood. This administrative area covers several neighbouring towns, some now absorbed into the conurbation, and rural villages (see lists below). It also includes parts of the North Kent Marshes, an environmentally significant wetlands region with several Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs).

History

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The Medway area has a long and varied history dominated originally by the city of Rochester and later by the naval and military establishments principally in Chatham and Gilllingham.

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