Park Wood, Medway

Park Wood or Parkwood is a housing estate and district in Gillingham at the south-eastern corner of the Medway conurbation in Kent, England. It was built mainly during the 1960s and 1970s, largely by Ward Homes, and originally called Rainham Park.[1]

Park Wood Parkwood
Parkwood shopping centre
Park Wood Location within Kent
OS grid reference	TQ811638
Unitary authority	Medway
Ceremonial county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GILLINGHAM
Postcode district	ME7, ME8
Dialling code	01634

Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast

UK Parliament	Gillingham and Rainham

Parkwood is bordered by Wigmore to the west, Rainham to the north, and the M2 motorway to the south. It is within the Rainham South council ward.[2]

References

"Parkwood Wards Homes Sales Brochures and Promo Leaflets 1960s".
"Rainham South Unitary Authority ward (UTW)". MapIt. MySociety. Retrieved 9 November 2022.

Towns and villages in the Unitary authority of Medway in Kent, England
Allhallows Borstal Brompton Chatham Chattenden Cliffe Cliffe Woods Cooling Cuxton Frindsbury Frindsbury Extra Gillingham Halling Hempstead High Halstow Hoo St Werburgh Isle of Grain Lordswood Park Wood Rochester Rainham St Mary Hoo St Mary's Island Stoke Strood Twydall Upnor Wainscott Walderslade Wigmore
List of places in Kent

Ceremonial county of Kent
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Unitary authorities	Borough of Medway
Boroughs or districts	Borough of Ashford Borough of Dartford Borough of Gravesham Borough of Maidstone Borough of Swale Borough of Tonbridge and Malling Borough of Tunbridge Wells City of Canterbury District of Dover District of Folkestone & Hythe District of Sevenoaks District of Thanet
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Ashford Broadstairs Canterbury Chatham Cranbrook Dartford Deal Dover Edenbridge Faversham Folkestone Fordwich Gillingham Gravesend Hawkinge Herne Bay Hythe Lydd Maidstone Margate Minster New Romney Northfleet Paddock Wood Queenborough Rainham Ramsgate Rochester Royal Tunbridge Wells Sandwich Sevenoaks Sheerness Sittingbourne Snodland Southborough Strood Swanley Tenterden Tonbridge Walmer West Malling Westerham Westgate-on-Sea Whitstable See also: List of civil parishes in Kent
Rivers	See: Rivers of Kent
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