Twydall is the home of Oliver Newman in an area of Gillingham in Medway

Medway

Medway is a conurbation and unitary authority in South East England. The Unitary Authority was formed in 1998 when the City of Rochester-upon-Medway amalgamated with Gillingham Borough Council and part of Kent County Council to form Medway Council, a unitary authority independent of Kent County...

, in the ceremonial county of Kent

Kent

Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is near junction 4 of the M2 motorway. The origin of the name Twydall is thought to mean “Two Parts” or “Double Portion” from the Old English

Old English language

Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...

 twidǣl, but by 1240 it was written Twydele. Two Palmerston forts

Palmerston Forts, Chatham

The Palmerston Forts around Chatham, Kent include:*Fort Amherst, technically a Napoleonic fort but later extended.*Fort Borstal, in the village that gave its name to the youth offender's institution The Borstal.*Fort Bridgewood*Cliffe Fort...

 were built in the area, Grange Redoubt and Woodlands Redoubt: the design used came to be known as the Twydall Profile. Modern Twydall, is situated between the A2

A2 road (Great Britain)

The A2 is a major road in southern England, connecting London with the English Channel port of Dover in Kent. This route has always been of importance as a connection between the British capital of London and sea trade routes to Continental Europe...

 and the railway line

London, Chatham and Dover Railway

The London, Chatham and Dover Railway was a railway company in south-eastern England from 1859 until the 1923 grouping which united it with other companies to form the Southern Railway. Its lines ran through London and northern and eastern Kent to form a significant part of the Greater London...

, but previously it stretched down to the Medway

River Medway

The River Medway, which is almost entirely in Kent, England, flows for from just inside the West Sussex border to the point where it enters the Thames Estuary....

 estuary to Sharp's Green and Eastcourt Meadows which are now part of the Riverside Country Park

Riverside Country Park

Riverside Country Park is a large coastal public park, situated alongside the River Medway estuary between Gillingham and Rainham. The park covers about 100 hectares Riverside Country Park is a large coastal public park, situated alongside the River Medway estuary between Gillingham and Rainham....

 and crossed by the Saxon Shore Way

Saxon Shore Way

The Saxon Shore Way is a long-distance footpath in England, starting at Gravesend, Kent and traces the coast as it was in Roman times as far as Hastings, East Sussex, in total.-History:...

. Many of the road names in Twydall are names after villages within Kent.

Lower Twydall is a distinct settlement to the north of Twydall.

Surrounding areas

Gillingham, Hempstead

Hempstead, Kent

Hempstead is a settlement near Gillingham, Kent, part of the urban area of the Medway Towns.-Location and geography:It is located on the southern edge of the borough of Medway adjacent to Wigmore and Lordswood and linked to Gillingham and the M2 by the A278 trunk road.Most of Hempstead is in a...

, Rainham

Rainham, Medway

The town of Rainham is a part of the Medway Towns conurbation, under the unitary authority of Medway, in South East England, and part of the ceremonial county of Kent. Historically, Rainham was a separate village until, in 1928, it was added to the Municipal Borough of Gillingham, which had itself...

, Lower Rainham, Rainham Mark.

Shops and miscellaneous

• 2 Mini-Supermarket
• 1 Large Supermarket
• 1 Petrol Garage
• 1 Pub
• 1 Newsagent
• 1 Post Office
• 1 Pet Shop
• 1 Hairdresser
• 1 Barber
• 1 Chemist
• 1 Baker's Shop
• 4 Takeaways
• 1 Dry Cleaners
• 1 Florist(closed)
• 5 Parks
• 1 Leisure Centre
• 1 Labour club
• 1 Bookmaker
• 2 Discount Stores

4 Schools:

• Twydall Primary School
• Featherby Infants and Nursery School
• Featherby Junior School
• St. Thomas of Canterbury (Roman Catholic) School

5 Churches:

• 1 Baptist
  Baptist
  Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
  
  
• 1 Catholic
  Catholic
  The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
  
  
• 1 Church of England
  Church of England
  The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
  
  
• 1 Evangelical
  Evangelicalism
  Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
  
  
• 1 meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

External links

• Medway Council: Twydall Neighbourhhood Action Plan