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River Medway (Tidal section)

Information about the waterway

The River Medway (Tidal section) is a tidal river and is part of the River Medway. It runs for 24 miles and 4 furlongs from Sheerness (where it joins the River Thames (tidal section below the flood barrier)) to Allington Lock No 10 (where it joins the River Medway (Non-tidal section)).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 80 feet long and 18 feet and 6 inches wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

The navigational authority for this waterway is Environment Agency

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Sheerness Junction of River Medway with River Thames estuary
Mouth of Swale and Queensborough Pier	2 miles and 5¼ furlongs	0 locks
Isle of Grain Oil Refinery	4 miles and 1¾ furlongs	0 locks
Brompton and Gillingham	8 miles and 4 furlongs	0 locks
Chatham	12 miles	0 locks
Medway - Thames and Medway Canal Junction Junction of the River Medway and the Thames and Medway Canal	13 miles and ½ furlongs	0 locks
Rochester Bridge	13 miles and 3 furlongs	0 locks
Rochester Pier	13 miles and 4 furlongs	0 locks
Medway Bridge A pair of motorway bridges	15 miles and ½ furlongs	0 locks
HS1 Viaduct Bridge Carries the railway officially known as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL)	15 miles and 1 furlong	0 locks
Cuxton	15 miles and 6½ furlongs	0 locks
Wouldham	17 miles and 4¼ furlongs	0 locks
Halling	17 miles and 7½ furlongs	0 locks
Snodland	19 miles and 4 furlongs	0 locks
Hawkswood	20 miles and ¼ furlongs	0 locks
New Hythe	21 miles and 4½ furlongs	0 locks
New Hythe Pipe Bridge	21 miles and 5¾ furlongs	0 locks
Mill Hall	22 miles and 2¼ furlongs	0 locks
Aylesford Station	22 miles and 4¼ furlongs	0 locks
Aylesford Old Bridge	23 miles and ¾ furlongs	0 locks
Aylesford Bridge	23 miles and 1½ furlongs	0 locks
Forstal	23 miles and 6½ furlongs	0 locks
Allington Motorway Bridges	24 miles and 1½ furlongs	0 locks
Allington Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir	24 miles and 3¼ furlongs	0 locks
Allington Lock No 10	24 miles and 4 furlongs	0 locks

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Navigational Notes

External websites

SS Richard Montgomery - Wikipedia — associated with Sheerness: Buoyed wreck with unexploded wartime ammunition

Wikipedia

Wikipedia has a page about River Medway

The River Medway is a river in South East England. It rises in the High Weald, Sussex and flows through Tonbridge, Maidstone and the Medway conurbation in Kent, before emptying into the Thames Estuary near Sheerness, a total distance of 70 miles (113 km). About 13 miles (21 km) of the river lies in Sussex, with the remainder being in Kent.

It has a catchment area of 930 square miles (2,409 km²), the second largest in southern England after the Thames. The map opposite shows only the major tributaries: a more detailed map shows the extensive network of smaller streams feeding into the main river. Those tributaries rise from points along the North Downs, the Weald and Ashdown Forest.

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