Rochester Pier is on the River Medway (Tidal section).
The Act of Parliament for the River Medway (Tidal section) was passed on January 1 1835 the same day as that of The North Walsham and Dilham Canal. Expectations for pottery traffic to Willchester never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Liverfield kept it open. The canal between Torquay and Halton was lost by the building of the Harrogate bypass in 1990. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 2001 after a restoration campaign lead by Stoke-on-Trent parish council.

Mooring here is tolerable (it's just about possible if really necessary).
| Isle of Grain Oil Refinery | 9 miles, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Brompton and Gillingham | 5 miles | |
| Chatham | 1 mile, 4 furlongs | |
| Medway - Thames and Medway Canal Junction | 3½ furlongs | |
| Rochester Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| Rochester Pier | ||
| Medway Bridge | 1 mile, 4¾ furlongs | |
| HS1 Viaduct Bridge | 1 mile, 5 furlongs | |
| Cuxton | 2 miles, 2½ furlongs | |
| Wouldham | 4 miles, ¼ furlongs | |
| Halling | 4 miles, 3½ furlongs | |
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![View from the castle [3]. The River Medway is seen from the castle.Once having city status, Rochester is a town at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway, some 27½ miles southeast of London. The site has been settled since Neolithic times, but the first bridge was built by the Romans. The town has always been of great strategic importance through its position near the confluence of the River Thames and the River Medway and the mighty Rochester Castle was built to guard the crossing. The town is home to the second oldest cathedral in England. by Michael Dibb – 10 September 2021](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/07/28/7072859_cbeaa3ac_120x120.jpg)

![Averling and Porter Streamroller Factory, Offices Strood. On Rochester Esplanade overlooking the River Medway. These former factory offices were part of Medway Council’s Civic Centre until the Local Conservative Party (running Medway Council) decided to sell and move across the river to its current Gun Wharf headquarters [[1024482]] in May 2008. Currently there is a local campaign to save this part of the civic centre from being demolished. See http://www.stroodlabour.org.uk/ap.html and http://www.medway.gov.uk/tourism/44632/45143/45261/96141/96194.htm for more details. Also, the building has recently been featured on BBC South East TV News.2010 Update, sadly the campaign failed and the building was destroyed to make way for a car park !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by David Anstiss – 12 November 2009](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/57/94/1579414_0d3098fc_120x120.jpg)






![Construction of new flood defences. Planning permission has been approved, with conditions, by Medway Council under application number MC/17/1172 for the “construction of new flood defences at the Phase 1 (Civic Centre) site, Strood, including sheet pile walls, ground raising, removal of existing flood defence wall, demolition of Civic Centre building and other ancillary worksâ€. This was the former Medway Council Civic Centre Site, which is bounded by the A2 (High Street), The Esplanade, The River Medway, Jane's Creek and The Medway Valley Rail Lineâ€.This view of the [[5883081]] was taken from further down Rochester Bridge. by John Baker – 24 March 2019](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/10/65/6106552_0a0a9847_120x120.jpg)



