Frindsbury
Frindsbury is part of the Medway Towns conurbation in Kent, southern England.
Frindsbury is part of the Medway Towns conurbation in Kent, southern England. It lies on the opposite side of the River Medway to Rochester, and at various times in its history has been considered fully or partially part of the City of Rochester. Frindsbury today is part of the town of Strood and covers the most northern part of the town. Frindsbury refers to both a parish and a manor. Within the civil parish of Frindsbury Extra are the villages of Frindsbury, Wainscott, and Upnor. Frindsbury was also the name given to an electoral ward in the City of Rochester that straddled the parishes of Frindsbury and Strood.
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Worth seeing in and around Frindsbury
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Rochester Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is in Rochester, Kent, England. The cathedral is the mother church of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester and seat of the Bishop of Rochester, the second oldest bishopric in England after that of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
1.2 km · Norman church in Rochester, Medway, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Rochester Castle
Rochester Castle stands on the east bank of the River Medway in Rochester, Kent, South East England. The 12th-century keep or stone tower, which is the castle's most prominent feature, is one of the best preserved of its time in England or France.
1.2 km · castle in Rochester, Kent, South East England · Wikipedia - 03Anglican Diocese of Rochester
The Diocese of Rochester is a Church of England diocese in the English county of Kent and the Province of Canterbury. The cathedral church of the diocese is Rochester Cathedral in the former city of Rochester.
1.2 km · Church of England diocese in England · Wikipedia - 04Rochester Bridge
Rochester Bridge is a bridge over the River Medway in Rochester, Kent, England. For centuries, it was the lowest fixed crossing of the river in South East England.
900 m · bridge in Rochester, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Dickens World
Dickens World was a themed attraction located in the Chatham Dockside retail park in Kent, England. It was themed around elements of the life and work of Charles Dickens.
1.8 km · Amusement park in England · Wikipedia - 06Cockham Wood Fort
Cockham Wood Fort was constructed in 1669 on the north bank of the River Medway in Kent in south-east England. In conjunction with Fort Gillingham it took on the role of defending Chatham Dockyard from seaborne attack, a role which had been performed by Upnor Castle for the previous hundred years.
3.4 km · fort in Hoo St Werburgh, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Gads Hill Place
Gad's Hill Place in Higham, Kent, sometimes spelt Gadshill Place and Gads Hill Place, was the country home of Charles Dickens. Today the building is the independent Gad's Hill School.
3.6 km · house in Higham, Kent, England, UK; country home of Charles Dickens · Wikipedia - 08Nasir Mosque
Nasir Mosque is a mosque in Gillingham, Kent, England. Located on Richmond Road, it was established in 1975 as Nasir Hall.
3.2 km · mosque in Gillingham, Kent · Wikipedia - 09Royal Engineers Museum
The Royal Engineers Museum is a military engineering museum and library in Gillingham, Kent, England. It tells the story of the Corps of Royal Engineers and British military engineering in general.
2.3 km · military museum in Gillingham, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Guildhall Museum, Rochester
The Rochester Guildhall is an historic building located in the High Street in Rochester, Kent, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
1 km · Grade I listed local museum in Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Frindsbury
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 56 km · London Stansted (STN), 57 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 67 km
- Stations
- Rochester railway station, 1.7 km · Chatham railway station, 2.4 km · Gillingham railway station, 3.4 km · Chatham Waterfront bus station, 2.1 km · Rochester Bridge railway station, 800 m
- London → Frindsbury45 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £4.5–6
- London, Essex → Frindsbury45 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £4.5–6
- Luton, Luton → Frindsbury83 km · quickest by road, 2h 1m · £10–13
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No local-transport research exists yet for Frindsbury
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Frindsbury. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Frindsbury – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Frindsbury
Frindsbury is 45 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Gillinghamtown in Kent, England3.8 km
- Chathamtown in Kent, England, United Kingdom2.3 km
- Stroodtown in the unitary authority of Medway in South East England2.1 km
- Highamvillage and civil parish in Kent, United Kingdom3.4 km
- Strood railway stationserves the town of Strood in Medway, England500 m
- Cliffe Woodsvillage in Kent, England, UK4 km