Gillingham is a town in the unitary authority area of Medway, in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Chatham, Rochester, Strood and Rainham. It is also the largest town in the borough of Medway. In 2020 it had a population of 108,785.
High Street, Gillingham
The River Medway estuary at The Strand, Gillingham. The Kingsnorth power stations are on the opposite bank.
Chatham Naval Memorial on the Gillingham Great Lines
Arriva Southern Counties bus depot in Gillingham
Medway is borough and unitary authority area in Kent, South East England. It had a population of 278,016 in 2019. The unitary authority was formed in 1998, when the boroughs of Rochester-upon-Medway and Gillingham were merged to form Medway Towns. The borough is governed by Medway Council, a unitary authority which is independent of Kent County Council, but remains part of the ceremonial county of Kent.
Image: Rochester Cathedral (Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary) (42417936634)
Image: Submarine Ocelot, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent geograph.org.uk 2577101
Image: The covered slips at Chatham dockyard, seen from Lower Upnor geograph.org.uk 3079732
Image: Rochester zamek fc 11
