Rainham (Kent)

Rainham is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Gillingham, Chatham, Rochester and Strood it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.

There is also a town of Rainham in Essex.

Get in

By car

  • From London, take the A2 arterial road (23.1 miles, 37.1 km).
  • From Canterbury, take the A2 and the M2 to Junction 3 for the Rochester exit (26.2 miles, 42.1 km), about 25 min).

By train

  • 🌍 Rainham (RAI) Station, Station Road, ME8 7LE. Trains are operated by SouthEastern, When buying a rail ticket, make clear that it is Rainham in Kent that you want (not the one in Essex).

Get around

Local buses are operated by Arriva Medway Towns and Nu-Venture

See

  • 🌍 Grange Redoubt. Grange Redoubt, one of the two Twydall Redoubts, was constructed in 1885. It was implemented as an experimental redoubt as opposed to a more substantial fort to defend Chatham Dockyard against landward attack from the east.
  • 🌍 Woodlands Redoubt. Woodlands Redoubt, one of the two Twydall Redoubts, was constructed in 1888. It was implemented as an experimental redoubt as opposed to a more substantial fort to defend Chatham Dockyard against landward attack from the east.

Do

  • 🌍 Riverside Country Park, 333 Lower Rainham Road, ME7 2XH, ☏ +44 1634 337432, . Opens at 8AM. Closing times vary depending on seasons and sunrise/set times.. Free.
  • 🌍 Foxburrow Wood, Deanwood Drive. Foxburrow Wood is a 6.1-hectare (15-acre) Local Nature Reserve. It is owned and managed by Medway Council. This is a remnant of a much larger historic wood, and it has flora which are indicators of ancient woodland such as herb paris and bluebells.
  • 🌍 Berengrave Chalk Pit, Berengrave Lane.. Berengrave Chalk Pit is a 9.5-hectare (23-acre) Local Nature Reserve. It is owned and managed by Medway Council. There is a small lake in a disused chalk pit, and other habitats are scrub, woodland and reedbeds, which flood an area of willow carr.

Buy

  • Rainham Shopping Centre has a mixture of shops, and includes a Tesco supermarket.
  • 35-146 High Street (Harrisons Residential - Super Grill): has a mixture of shops ranging from banks to takeaway shops.

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