# Strand

Strand or The Strand may refer to:

## Topography

* The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a:
** Beach
** Shoreline
* Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida

## Places
### Africa

* Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa
* Strand Street, a road in Cape Town, South Africa

### Asia

* A park alongside the river Ganges in Chandannagar, India
* Strand Road, Kolkata, a road alongside the river Ganges in Kolkata, India

### Australia

* The Strand Arcade, a Victorian shopping arcade in Sydney, Australia
* The Strand, Townsville, a beachside foreshore in Townsville, Australia
* The Strand, Auckland, a street in Auckland, New Zealand
* The Strand Station, the former main railway station of Auckland, New Zealand, known as The Strand for excursion trains

### United Kingdom

* Strand (UK Parliament constituency), former constituency in the City of Westminster
* Strand, County Down, a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland
* Strand, London, a street in Central London
* St Mary le Strand (parish), City of Westminster
* Strand District (Metropolis), a local government district within the metropolitan area of London, England, from 1855 to 1900
* The Strand, Wiltshire, a hamlet
* The Strand, recreation area in Gillingham, Kent
* New Strand Shopping Centre, a shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside
* Strands, Cumbria, a location

### Europe

* Strand (island), a German island that was split into two by the Burchardi Flood of 1634
* Ștrand, a district of Sibiu, Romania
* Štrand, a beach on the Danube in Novi Sad, Serbia
* Strand, Akershus, a village area in Bærum municipality in Akershus county, Norway
* Strand, Friesland, a hamlet in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, the Netherlands
* Strand, Nordland, a village in Sortland municipality in Nordland county, Norway
* Strand, Norway, a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway
* Strand, Vestfold, a village in Sandefjord municipality in Vestfold county, Norway

### North America
#### Canada

* Strand Fiord Pass, a pass on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada

#### United States

* Strand, Iowa
* Grand Strand, a stretch of beaches in North and South Carolina
* Silver Strand (San Diego), or The Strand, a narrow isthmus connecting Coronado Island with Imperial Beach, California
* Strand National Historic Landmark District, a neighborhood in Galveston, Texas
* The Strand (bicycle path), a pedestrian/bike path along the coast of the South Bay, Los Angeles

## Art, entertainment, and media
### Music
#### Groups

* The Strand, a British hard rock band that eventually evolved into the Sex Pistols

#### Labels

* Strand Records, an American budget label, launched in spring 1959, in New York City, as a subsidiary of Consolidated Frybrook Industries, founded in 1958 by Jack Kent Cooke

#### Works

* Strand (album), an album by the Spinanes
* "Baile's Strand", a song on the album Crógacht by the band Suidakra, based on the same Celtic legend as Yeats' play
* "Do the Strand," a song by the British band Roxy Music

### Periodicals

* The Strand, a publication of Victoria University in the University of Toronto
* The Strand Magazine, a British monthly founded in the 1890s (named after the street in London)

### Other art, entertainment, and media

* Strand (film), a 2009 Iranian film
* The Strand (radio), a daily BBC World Service arts programme
* Victor Strand, a character in Fear the Walking Dead
* T. K. Strand, a character in 9-1-1: Lone Star
* The New York Times Strands, an online word game

## Biology

* Coding strand, a strand of DNA
* A strand of hair

## Brands and enterprises

* Strand (cigarette), a 1950s/1960s brand of cigarette notorious for its failed advertising campaign, "You're never alone with a Strand"
* Strand Bookstore, a famous bookstore in New York City
* Strand Cinema, art deco cinema in Belfast, Northern Ireland
* Strand Hotel (also known as The Strand), a colonial-style hotel in Yangon, Myanmar
* Strand Lighting, a company supplying lighting equipment to the entertainment industry
* Strand Publishing, a publishing company based in Sydney, Australia; publisher of books by Grenville Kent
* Strand Releasing, a theatrical distribution company based in Culver City, California
* The Strand (Providence theater), a live music venue and theater in Providence, Rhode Island

## Other uses

* Strand (programming language), a parallel programming system
* Strand (surname)
* Strand, part of an electrical cable
* Strand (mathematics), part of a knot as meant in the definition of tricolorability