A report on Medway and Upnor

Arethusa Venture Centre, with figure-head, Lower Upnor.

Dutch Attack on the Medway, June 1667 by Pieter Cornelisz van Soest, painted c. 1667. The captured ship is right of centre

The Older London Stone standing in front of the fence of the Arethusa Venture Centre.

The Chatham Naval Memorial commemorates the 18,500 officers, ranks and ratings of the Royal Navy who were lost or buried at sea in the two World Wars. It stands on the Great Lines between Chatham and Gillingham.

A Thames Barge sails past the depot: Upnor Castle (left), 'B' Magazine (centre), No. 5 Shell Store (right).

Chatham Bus Interchange Station, October 2011

Former 'B' Magazine (1857) undergoing refurbishment.

The Quays, Chatham Dockside, December 2009

Former Dry Guncotton Store (right, 1895)

A view of the Medway Gate development, June 2009.

Left to right: former No 3 Shell Store (1883), Mine Testing Room (1905) and Wet Guncotton Store (1895)

A view of former The Black Lion Leisure Centre (Now Medway Park), April 2009.

Left to right: Main entrance, former Filled Mine Store (1904), former Filled Shell Store (1904)

The A2 crossing the Medway at Rochester on the site of the Roman crossings, the medieval crossing was to the south

Junction Two of the M2 is on the A228, just before the Medway motorway bridge. Alongside is High Speed 1. Both are seen climbing up the Nashenden Valley, towards Bluebell Hill.

Lower Upnor and Upper Upnor are two small villages in Medway, Kent, England.

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Frindsbury Extra including Upnor borders Strood.

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Frindsbury

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Here we see how Strood the marshy place, relates to Frindsbury. The station, canal basin and all the wharves downstream of the Watermill were in Frindsbury. The steep slopes are caused by the chalk pits. Note also the undrained land between the railway, and Frindsbury Hill, and the lack of houses.

Frindsbury Church stood on a hill overlooking the Medway. The hill has been extensively quarried leaving the distinctive cliffs. To the left of the church is Church Green. Directly in front of it is Strood Pier and the entrance to the Strood basin. To the right is the Frindsbury Peninsula, and the Phoenix Wharf and Lower Curel's Yard.

Frindsbury, sometimes called Frinsbury, is part of the Medway Towns conurbation in Kent, southern England.

Within the civil parish of Frindsbury Extra are the villages of Frindsbury, Wainscott, and Upnor.

Frindsbury Extra

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Frindsbury Extra is a civil parish divided into commercial, suburban residential and rural parts on the Hoo Peninsula in Medway, a ceremonial part of Kent.

Upnor on the Medway

It rises in the High Weald, East Sussex and flows through Tonbridge, Maidstone and the Medway conurbation in Kent, before emptying into the Thames Estuary near Sheerness, a total distance of 70 mi. About 13 mi of the river lies in East Sussex, with the remainder being in Kent.

The illustrations include the castles at Queenborough, Upnor, Leybourne, Tonbridge and Hever; Penshurst Place; and the bridges at Teston, Maidstone, Aylesford, East Farleigh, Barming, Branbridges and Tonbridge.