title: Medway Ports
text: # Medway Ports
  
  51°26′48″N 0°44′40″E﻿ / ﻿51.4468°N 0.7444°E﻿ / 51.4468; 0.7444
  
  Medway Ports, incorporating the Port of Sheerness and Chatham Docks is part of Peel Ports, the second largest port group in the United Kingdom. The Ports authority is also responsible for the harbour, pilotage and conservancy matters for 27.3 nautical miles (50.6 km) of the River Medway, from the Medway Buoy to Allington Lock at Maidstone, and the Swale.
  
  ## Regeneration
  
  Part of the Chatham Docks site is being regenerated as "Chatham Waters", a mixed-use development scheme promoted by Peel.
  
  