River Medway

Water type: River
Continent: Europe
Climate: Temperate

The River Medway is a river in South East England. It rises in the High Weald, West Sussex and flows through Tonbridge, Maidstone and the Medway conurbation in Kent, before emptying into the Thames Estuary near Sheerness, a total distance of 70 miles (113 km). About 13 miles (21 km) of the river lies in East Sussex, with the remainder being in Kent.

The Medway has a catchment area of 930 square miles (2,409 km2), the second largest in southern England after the Thames.

The major tributaries are:

River Eden
River Bourne, known in the past as the Shode or Busty
River Teise, major sub-tributary River Bewl
River Beult
Loose Stream
River Len

Minor tributaries include:

Wateringbury Stream
East Malling Stream
River Grom