page_title: Medway
section_title: Rochester riverside
hierarchical_section_title: Medway / 21st century development / Rochester riverside
caption_attribution_description: English: The Quays, Chatham Dockside Seen from Dock Head Road. These two large apartment buildings are nearly finished. See http://www.byrneestates.co.uk/thequayschatham/index.html?gclid=CK3YmYnsy54CFUgA4wodDzibrQ for more details.
context_page_description: Medway is a conurbation and unitary authority in Kent in the region of South East England. It had a population in 2019 of 278,016. The unitary authority was formed in 1998 when the City of Rochester-upon-Medway amalgamated with Gillingham Borough Council and part of Kent County Council to form Medway Council, a unitary authority independent of Kent County Council.
  Over half of the unitary authority area is rural in nature. Because of its strategic location by the major crossing of the River Medway, it has made a wide and significant contribution to Kent, and to England, dating back thousands of years, as evident in the siting of Watling Street by the Romans and by the Norman Rochester Castle, Rochester Cathedral and the Chatham naval dockyard and its associated defences.
  The main towns in the conurbation are: Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham, and Rainham. These are traditionally known as the Medway Towns. Many smaller towns and villages such as Frindsbury, Brompton, Walderslade, Luton, Wigmore etc., lie within the conurbation. Outside the urban area, the villages retain parish councils.
context_section_description: In Rochester, a 74-acre (30-hectare) area of brownfield land between the river and the railway line is being developed with high-density housing. Up to 50 homes per hectare will be built. The site will also include a primary school, two hotels, business centre, health centre, cafes, restaurants, bars and various commercial units.
caption: The Quays, Chatham Dockside, December 2009
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