Strood
Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ' N , 0 ° 29' E
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Strood is a town in the north of the county of Kent in England . It belongs to the unitary authority Medway , has approx. 33,200 inhabitants (as of 2001) and is located on the north-west bank of the River Medway near the cities of Gillingham , Chatham and Rochester approx. 45 kilometers as the crow flies from the City of London .
The computer scientist James H. Wilkinson (1919–1986), who received the Turing Award in 1970 , and the botany and ornithology illustrator Anne Pratt come from Strood .
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Strood has a station opened on June 18, 1856 on the North Kent Line and forms the end point of the Medway Valley Line from Paddock Wood . The station is also served by Southeasters with express trains via the High Speed One .
Strood is on the M2 motorway .
Strood is located at the mouth of the River Medway , a now-disused canal that opened in 1824, connects the river to the Thames .
