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.
Lower Rainham Road
Rainham station in 1992
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).
See
Looking across the Medway from Horrid Hill, Riverside Country Park.
Do
- 🌍
Riverside Country Park, 333 Lower Rainham Road, ME7 2XH, ☎ +44 1634 337432, e-mail: medway-countryside-service@ncsgrp.co.uk. Opens at 8AM. Closing times vary depending on seasons and sunrise/set times.. Free.
Buy
- Rainham Shopping Centre has a mixture of shops, and includes an Iceland supermarket.
- '35-146 High Street: has a mixture of shops ranging from banks to takeaway shops.
Eat
- 🌍 Beefeater Manor Farm, High Street, ME8 7JE, ☎ +44 1634 373230. M-Sa noon-11PM, Su noon-10:30PM.
- 🌍 The Cricketers, 88 High Street, ME8 7JH, ☎ +44 1634 387272. M-Th 11AM-midnight, F Sa 11AM-1:30AM, Su 11AM-midnight.
- 🌍 The Green Lion, 104 High Street, ME8 8AD, ☎ +44 1634 377200. M-Th noon–11PM, F Sa noon–midnight, Su noon–11PM.
- 🌍 Hons Chinese Restaurant, 143 High St, ME8 8BA, ☎ +44 1634 261666. M-Th noon-2PM and 5:30PM-10:30PM, F Sa noon-2PM and 5:30PM-11:30PM, Su 2PM-10:30PM.
- 🌍 Rose Inn, High Street, ME8 8DR, ☎ +44 1634 362828. M-Th noon-11PM, F-Su noon-midnight.
- 🌍 The Concorde, 120 Wakeley Road, ME8 8NP, ☎ +44 1634 360309.
Drink
- 🌍 The Mackland Arms, 213 Station Road, ME8 7PS, ☎ +44 1634 232178. M-Th 10AM-midnight, F Sa 10AM-1AM, Su noon-11PM.
Sleep
- 🌍 Premier Inn, High Street, ME8 7JE, ☎ +44 871 527 9268. Rooms from £24.50.
Go next
- Newington
- Sittingbourne
- Gillingham
- Chatham
gollark: Wait, oops, got to phase shift it.
gollark: <@!293066066605768714> osmarksapproximation™
gollark: ··· yes, that is known.
gollark: It has a good polynomial approximatoform there.
gollark: http://datagenetics.com/blog/july12019/index.html may be "help"ful.
This article is issued from Wikivoyage. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.