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Strood is a town in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, South East England. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Chatham , Rochester , Gillingham and Rainham . It lies on the northwest bank of the River Medway at its lowest bridging point.
Strood (1st) (locally known as and marked on old maps as The Old Terminus) was a terminus of the South Eastern Railway located in Strood and serving also the towns of Chatham and Rochester. It closed for passengers in 1856 when the present Strood station was opened. The site was then used as a sidings yard until around 1990.
In Strood the southbound and northbound routes split due to Strood's one-way system. The southbound route goes along North Street and then Knight Road before joining the Cuxton Road whilst the northbound route follows Gun Lane from Cuxton Road to Frindsbury Road. In Strood it also crosses the A2.
Road names: Lower Road, Picardy Street, Gilbert Road, Abbey Road: B214 A2 Old Kent Road: A215 Camberwell Road: Road name: Albany Road: B215 A2 Old Kent Road: A202 Peckham High Street, Road names: Trafalgar Avenue, Willwbrook Road, Peckham Hill Street: B216 A2 Old Kent Road: B215 Peckham Hill Street Road names: Peckham Park Road, Butler Close: B217
At the Strood end the coastal marsh became 600 yds wide. There is evidence of Roman piling so they could build a road, Watling Street, from Strood Hill across the marsh to the Medway which they bridged. At that time Strood was part of Frindsbury. The impenetrable nature and the steepness of the topography here influenced the route of the railways.
The only main road is the A228, which crosses the old Roman London Road (also called Watling Street, now the A2) at Strood and then follows the high ground eastwards. It meets the Medway Towns Northern Bypass (A289) at the bottom of Four Elms Hill and climbs to Chattenden, bypassing Hoo St Werburgh and High Halstow , before crossing to the Isle ...
The new line left the line from Gravesend between Strood Tunnel and the original Strood terminus; a new Strood station was provided on the Maidstone line, and it opened with the line on 18 June 1856. [2] [3] The station became a junction with the opening of the first section of the East Kent Railway (EKR) between Strood and Chatham on 29 March ...
Luddesdown was a parish in Strood Rural District, though local tax levels were set and services were also provided by Kent County Council prior to 1974. The Court itself is early mediæval and was the residence of William the Conqueror’s half-brother until 1082.