Medway

Medway, unitary authority, geographic and historic county of Kent, southeastern England. It is named for, and lies around the mouth of, the River Medway where it flows into the estuary of the Thames. The unitary authority comprises the ports of Chatham (the administrative centre) and Gillingham and the town of Rainham south of the Medway and the historic cathedral city of Rochester north of the Medway. Those adjacent urban centres are sometimes referred to as...