town in Medway, Kent, England

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 2004

There is also a town of Rainham in Essex.

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By car edit

  • 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 edit

  • 1 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).    

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Map of Rainham (Kent)

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

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Looking across the Medway from Horrid Hill, Riverside Country Park.
  • 1 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.    
  • 2 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.    

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  • 1 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.  
  • 2 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.    
  • 3 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.    

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  • 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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