2011

TQ5946 : Rowing boats on The Medway

taken 13 years ago, near to Tonbridge, Kent, England

Rowing boats on The Medway
Rowing boats on The Medway
Eight wooden rowing boats available to hire, though not today. Looking from The Big Bridge on High Street.
River Medway

The 70 mile long river starts at Turners Hill, at the West Sussex border, and through Kent to meet the Thames Estuary. It travels through many major towns, including Tonbridge, Maidstone, Strood and Rochester. The river has many locks from Tonbridge to Allington, where the river becomes tidal. Boats can navigate the river up to Tonbridge. At Yalding there is a short diversion along the Hampstead Road Canal, whilst the river goes over sluices and below the Twyford Bridge.
After floods devastated Tonbridge in 1968 a substantial flood barrier was built in 1981 on the Medway at nearby Leigh, to protect the town.
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TQ5946, 1625 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Oast House Archive   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 16 September, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 17 September, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 590 465 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:11.7354N 0:16.4863E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 590 465
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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