2012

TQ7568 : By the River Medway

taken 12 years ago, near to Brompton, Medway, England

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By the River Medway
By the River Medway
Dusk near Chatham library.

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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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Geographical Context: Rivers, Streams, Drainage
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TQ7568, 501 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Oast House Archive   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 26 February, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 6 March, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 756 682 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:23.1606N 0:31.4109E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 757 682
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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