River Medway

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river

The River Medway is a major river in South East England that flows through Kent and Sussex, historically important for navigation, trade, and the development of towns such as Maidstone and Rochester.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
River Medway canonical	96
River Medway navigation system	3
River Medway Navigation	1
River Medway at Rochester	1
River Medway valley	1
non-tidal River Medway	1
tidal River Medway	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
basinArea	approximately 1,300 square kilometres ⓘ
basinCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
crossedBy	M2 motorway ⓘ surface form: M2 motorway Medway Bridge M20 motorway ⓘ surface form: M20 motorway bridges Rochester Bridge ⓘ
dischargesInto	Thames Estuary ⓘ
flowsThrough	East Sussex ⓘ Kent ⓘ
hasEstuary	Medway Estuary ⓘ
hasStructure	Allington Lock ⓘ East Farleigh Lock ⓘ Hampstead Lane Lock ⓘ Sluice Weir Lock ⓘ Teston Lock ⓘ Tonbridge Town Lock ⓘ
historicalUse	agricultural produce transport ⓘ navigation ⓘ timber transport ⓘ trade ⓘ
importantFor	development of Maidstone ⓘ development of Rochester ⓘ
length	approximately 113 km ⓘ approximately 70 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	South East England ⓘ
mouthLocation	River Thames estuary ⓘ near Sheerness ⓘ
navigableFrom	Tonbridge ⓘ
navigableTo	Rochester ⓘ
near	Medway ⓘ surface form: Medway Towns
passesThrough	Aylesford ⓘ Chatham ⓘ Maidstone ⓘ Rochester ⓘ Snodland ⓘ Tonbridge ⓘ
region	East Sussex ⓘ Kent ⓘ
sourceLocation	High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ⓘ surface form: High Weald near Turners Hill ⓘ
tributary	River Beult ⓘ River Bourne (Kent) ⓘ River Eden ⓘ River Len ⓘ River Loose ⓘ River Teise ⓘ
usedFor	angling ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ watersports ⓘ

Referenced by (104)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thames → hasMajorTributary → River Medway ⓘ

Kent → contains → River Medway ⓘ

North Downs → crossedBy → River Medway ⓘ

Raid on the Medway → location → River Medway ⓘ

Watling Street → crosses → River Medway ⓘ

this entity surface form: River Medway at Rochester

Gillingham → locatedOn → River Medway ⓘ

Medway Ports → locatedOnWaterway → River Medway ⓘ

Chatham Docks → locatedOn → River Medway ⓘ

Tonbridge → locatedOnRiver → River Medway ⓘ

Maidstone → locatedIn → River Medway ⓘ

this entity surface form: River Medway valley

Maidstone → traversedBy → River Medway ⓘ

Sheerness Port → waterway → River Medway ⓘ

historic county of Kent → contains → River Medway ⓘ

Rochester → locatedOn → River Medway ⓘ

Chatham, Kent → locatedOn → River Medway ⓘ

Kentish ragstone → transportedBy → River Medway ⓘ

Rochester Cathedral → overlooks → River Medway ⓘ

Medway → centeredOn → River Medway ⓘ

Medway → river → River Medway ⓘ

Tonbridge railway station → nearbyRiver → River Medway ⓘ

Battle of Medway → location → River Medway ⓘ

HMS Unity → locationOfCapture → River Medway ⓘ

Battle of Maidstone → tookPlaceNear → River Medway ⓘ

Rochester, Kent, England → locatedOnRiver → River Medway ⓘ

Kent, England → crossedBy → River Medway ⓘ

Grain → locatedAtConfluenceOf → River Medway ⓘ

Grain → hasCoastlineOn → River Medway ⓘ

Grain → locatedNear → River Medway ⓘ

River Bourne (Kent) → mouthOfWaterBody → River Medway ⓘ

River Bourne (Kent) → tributaryOf → River Medway ⓘ

Allington Lock → locatedOnWaterway → River Medway ⓘ

Allington Lock → upstreamFrom → River Medway ⓘ

this entity surface form: tidal River Medway

Allington Lock → downstreamFrom → River Medway ⓘ

this entity surface form: non-tidal River Medway

Teston Lock → locatedOnWaterway → River Medway ⓘ

Teston Lock → partOf → River Medway ⓘ

this entity surface form: River Medway navigation system

Teston Lock → watercourse → River Medway ⓘ

Sluice Weir Lock → locatedOnWaterway → River Medway ⓘ

Sluice Weir Lock → watercourse → River Medway ⓘ

Sluice Weir Lock → partOf → River Medway ⓘ

this entity surface form: River Medway navigation system

Rochester Bridge → crosses → River Medway ⓘ

Aylesford → locatedOnRiver → River Medway ⓘ

Snodland → locatedOnRiver → River Medway ⓘ

Tonbridge Town Lock → locatedOnWaterway → River Medway ⓘ

Tonbridge Town Lock → watercourse → River Medway ⓘ

Tonbridge Town Lock → partOf → River Medway ⓘ

this entity surface form: River Medway Navigation

East Farleigh Lock → locatedOnRiver → River Medway ⓘ

East Farleigh Lock → watercourse → River Medway ⓘ

East Farleigh Lock → partOf → River Medway ⓘ

this entity surface form: River Medway navigation system

Hampstead Lane Lock → locatedOnWaterway → River Medway ⓘ

Hampstead Lane Lock → watercourse → River Medway ⓘ