Medway

Medway (commonly called the Medway Towns) is a large urban area in North Kent. It is made up of 5 towns: Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham. It is named after the River Medway. As of 2019 it has 278,016 people.^[2]

Medway
Unitary authority area and borough
Clockwise from top: Rochester Cathedral, HMS Ocelot, Rochester Castle, Royal Engineers Museum, Upnor Castle, Chatham Historic Dockyard
Coat of arms
Shown within Kent
Coordinates: 51°23′N 0°32′E
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Ceremonial county	Kent
Status	Unitary authority
Incorporated	1 April 1998
Admin HQ	Gun Wharf, Chatham
Government
• Type	Unitary authority
• Body	Medway Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Labour Co-op)
• Mayor	Cllr Marian Nestorov
• MPs	Tristan Osborne (L) Naushabah Khan (L) Lauren Edwards (L)
• Deputy Mayor	Cllr Douglas Hamandishe
• Council Leader	Cllr Vince Maple
Area
• Total	74.14 sq mi (192.03 km2)
• Rank	170th (of 326)
Population  (2022)
• Total	278,500
• Rank	47th (of 326)
• Density	3,800/sq mi (1,500/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 84.3% White 5.9% Asian 5.6% Black 2.8% Mixed 1.4% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 45.1% Christianity 43% no religion 5.5% not stated 2.7% Islam 1.6% Sikhism 1.1% Hinduism 0.6% other 0.4% Buddhism 0.1% Judaism
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	00LC (ONS) E06000035 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TQ768688
Website	medway.gov.uk