Strood

Strood
High Street, Strood
Strood
Location within Kent
Population	33,182
OS grid reference	TQ725695
Unitary authority	Medway
Ceremonial county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ROCHESTER
Postcode district	ME2
Dialling code	01634
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Rochester and Strood
List of places UK England Kent 51°23′35″N 0°28′41″E / 51.3930°N 0.4780°E / 51.3930; 0.4780

Strood is a town in Medway, North Kent. It has several named areas, the most known areas are Earl Estate and Marlowe Park.

Strood has a high street, some of the shops are Tesco,^[1] Asda,^[2] Poundstretcher,^[3] Aldi,^[4] Sports Direct,^[5] Savers^[6] and Iceland,^[7]

Strood has a retail park called Strood Retail Park.

In 2016, the B&Q store at Strood Retail Park was demolished,^[8] and new shops were built there, the new shops were Gym Group Gym,^[9] Starbucks,^[10] B&M Bargains,^[11] Maplin^[12] and M&S Foodhall.^[9][11]

In February 2018, Maplin went into administration^[13] and they closed all of their shops. In 2018, B&M extended their shop into the old Maplin shop.

In 2019, a Cancer Research charity shop opened at the Retail Park and in 2021 a Hobby Craft opened at the Retail Park.^[14]

As of January 2025 It has the following stores: the Gym Group Gym,^[9] Starbucks,^[10] B&M Bargains,^[11] M&S Foodhall,^[9][11] Next,^[15] Argos,^[15] Cancer Research,^[16] Hobbycraft,^[17] Poundland,^[18] Matalan^[15] and KFC.^[15]

Strood Academy is the only secondary school in Strood. For secondary schools, many pupils from Strood go to schools in different towns.

Strood has a leisure centre called Strood Sports Centre.^[19]

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