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Gillingham (/ ˈ dʒ ɪ l ɪ ŋ əm / ⓘ JIL-ing-əm) is a town in Kent, England, which forms a conurbation with neighbouring Chatham, Rochester, Strood and Rainham. It is the largest town in the borough of Medway and in 2020 had a population of 108,785.
Canterbury Cathedral is the United Kingdom's metropolitan cathedral; it was founded in AD 598 and displays architecture from all periods. There are nine Anglo-Saxon churches in Kent. Rochester Cathedral is England's second-oldest cathedral, the present building built in the Early English Style. [59]
Chatham—Gillingham, Kent town boundary: 32.1: 51.7: A231 west (Canterbury Street) – Gillingham, Kent: A231 signed eastbound only; eastern terminus of A231: Sittingbourne town boundary: 38.2: 61.5: A249 south to M2 / M20 – Maidstone: Access only to A249 south and from A249 north: Faversham: 47.0: 75.6: A251 south (Ashford Road) to M2 ...
Boundaries of Gillingham and Rainham constituency of UK Parliament since 2010: Source No source specified. Please edit this file description and provide a source. Date 7 April 2021 Author Rcsprinter123. Permission (Reusing this file) See below.
The constituency is generally suburban and centred on Gillingham, historically a small port, which is within the London Commuter Belt.Local retail, industry, business parks, trades and professions provide constituents with a high level of employment, mostly on moderate to middle incomes; [7] however, the area is not wholly resilient to unemployment.
Chatham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Chatham, Kent. It is 34 miles 25 chains (55.2 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Rochester and Gillingham. The station and most trains that call are operated by Southeastern.
The M2 is a 26-mile-long (42 km) long motorway in Kent, England, and was built to bypass a section of the A2 road in Kent, which goes through the Medway Towns, Sittingbourne, and Faversham. It provides an alternative route to the Port of Dover , which supplements the M20 motorway located further to the south.
Park Wood or Parkwood is a housing estate and district in Gillingham at the south-eastern corner of the Medway conurbation in Kent, England. It was built mainly during the 1960s and 1970s, largely by Ward Homes, and originally called Rainham Park. [1] Parkwood is bordered by Wigmore to the west, Rainham to the north, and the M2 motorway to the ...