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The tidal part of the Medway starts as an unpromising, muddy channel close to the M20, at <i>Allington Lock</i>. | The tidal part of the Medway starts as an unpromising, muddy channel close to the M20, at <i>Allington Lock</i>. |
Revision as of 21:45, 8 June 2009
The tidal part of the Medway starts as an unpromising, muddy channel close to the M20, at Allington Lock. It winds North through flattish and semi-rural landscape, before passing through the industrial towns of Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham and their surrounding chalk downland.
This is a pleasant area to paddle, particularly in Winter when it is quiet, or on windy days when other more exposed outings are ruled out. Lying mostly North-South, it is well protected against prevailing Westerlies.
Access is a bit difficult everywhere except at Gillingham Strand and Allington Lock, the 2 endpoints of this section. Hence this tends to be a 25K "straight through" paddle. It can be done in either direction, but is most practical in the Downstream (Northbound) direction, as this gets the tide-critical access at Allington Lock out of the way at the start, and you have both the tide and the river flow on your side. HW at Allington lock is around 2 hours after HW Dover.
<tbody> </tbody>0k | <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.2956,0.5019%28Allington%20lock%29&z=14" mce_href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.2956,0.5019(Allington%20lock)&z=14" target="_blank">map</a> | Allington lock
(tel 01622 717251) and large and popular waterfront pub. |
10k | <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.3503,0.4566%28Wouldham%29&z=14" mce_href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.3503,0.4566(Wouldham)&z=14" target="_blank">map</a> | Wouldham
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16k | <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.3928,0.4994%28Rochester%20Bridge%29&z=14" mce_href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.3928,0.4994(Rochester%20Bridge)&z=14" target="_blank">map</a> | Rochester Bridge
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18k | <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.3850,0.5205%28Chatham%20%22Blue%20Pontoon%22%29&z=14" mce_href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.3850,0.5205(Chatham%20%22Blue%20Pontoon%22)&z=14" target="_blank">map</a> | Chatham "Blue" pontoon
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24k | <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.3976,0.5634%28GILLINGHAM%20STRAND%29&z=14" mce_href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.3976,0.5634(GILLINGHAM%20STRAND)&z=14" target="_blank">map</a> | GILLINGHAM STRAND
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