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Strood
Town in Kent, England

Strood

Strood is a town in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, South East England.

Plan a trip to Strood→From London

Strood forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham. It lies on the northwest bank of the River Medway at its lowest bridging point.

Get in

Getting to Strood

From London, take the A2 arterial road (32 miles, 51 km) or continue on to the M2 to Junction 2. From Canterbury, take the A2 and the M2 to Junction 2 for the Rochester exit (32 miles, 51 km, about 40 min). = = It is recommended that you park in Commercial Road car park (enter from Commercial Road) or Strood Retail Park car park (enter from Knight Road).

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    Strood
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Temple Manor

    It is a manor house of the Knights Templar, built in about 1240.

  2. 02
    Ranscombe Farm Nature Reserve
Do

Things to do

Medway Valley Park:

  1. 01
    Diggerland

    Medway Valley Leisure Park, Roman Way, ME2 2NU, mail@diggerland.com.

  2. 02
    Hollywood Bowl Strood
  3. 03
    Cineworld Strood
  4. 04
    Buzz Bingo

    Medway Valley Leisure Park, Chariot Way, ME2 2NU, medway.club@buzzbingo.com.

Eat

Where to eat

Strood has a range of places to eat.

  1. 01
    The Three Crutches

    Old Watling Street, ME2 3UG,.

  2. 02
    Morrisons Cafe

    Knight Road, ME2 2BD.

  3. 03
    Frankie & Benny's

    Chariot Way, ME2 2SS, Rochester@frankieandbennys.co.uk.

  4. 04
    Waters Edge

    Opening hours: Mon-Sun 11AM-11PM, Serving hours: Mon-Sun 11AM-9PM.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: ClemRutter (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.