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Gillingham is a town in Kent in the United Kingdom, forming part of the Medway conurbation; it is a constituent of Medway unitary authority. The town includes the settlements of Brompton, Hempstead, Rainham, Rainham Mark, Twydall and Lidsing.
It is the largest of the 'Medway Towns', and is pronounced with a soft G, unlike the similarly spelt Gillingham in Dorset which is pronounced with a hard G.
Gillingham means a homestead of Gylla's family, from Old English ham (village, homestead) and ingas (family, followers), and was first recorded in 10th century as Gyllingeham.
The TV chef and real-life Michelin starred chef Gary Rhodes grew up here.
It is the largest of the 'Medway Towns', and is pronounced with a soft G, unlike the similarly spelt Gillingham in Dorset which is pronounced with a hard G.
Gillingham means a homestead of Gylla's family, from Old English ham (village, homestead) and ingas (family, followers), and was first recorded in 10th century as Gyllingeham.
The TV chef and real-life Michelin starred chef Gary Rhodes grew up here.
Categories: town
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillingham,_Kent
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Coordinates: 51°22'5"N 0°34'4"E
- Maidstone 10 km
- Orpington 37 km
- Eastbourne 65 km
- Colchester 65 km
- Ipswich 88 km
- Cambridge 103 km
- Veurne 145 km
- Dordrecht 285 km
- Hamont-Achel 339 km
- Almere Hout 340 km
- Gillingham Business Park 0.5 km
- Gillingham Golf Club 0.9 km
- Hempstead 2.4 km
- Chatham Historic Dockyard 4.1 km
- Walderslade 4.3 km
- Upchurch River Valley Golf Course 4.7 km
- Kent Showground 7.4 km
- Sittingbourne Golf Club 7.7 km
- The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 9 km
- Kent 22 km