River Medway River Medway The River Medway is a river in South East England. It rises in the High Weald, Sussex and flows through Tonbridge, Maidstone and the Medway conurbation in Kent, before emptying into the Thames Estuary near Sheerness, a total distance of . About of the river lies in Sussex, with the remainder being in Kent. It has a catchment area of , the second largest in southern England after the Thames. The map opposite shows only the major tributaries: a more detailed map shows the extensive network of smaller streams feeding into the main river. Those tributaries rise from
Maidstone, Vermont the southwest, Ferdinand to the northwest, and Brunswick to the north, all in Vermont. Across the Connecticut River are the New Hampshire towns of Stratford to the northeast and Northumberland to the east. The only crossing of the Connecticut River from Maidstone is the Janice Peaslee Bridge in the northern part of town, leading to Stratford village. Vermont Route 102 travels the length of the east side of town, staying in the Connecticut River valley. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 5.39%, is water.