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Planning your visit to MALSC

Book your session

Access to original archive material at the Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre (MALSC) is by appointment only and requires a County Archive Research Network (CARN) reader's ticket.

To apply for a CARN reader’s ticket, you must bring two passport-size photographs and formal proof of identity showing your name, address and signature, such as a driving licence, utility bill and passport.

While some local studies material, such as printed books and maps, are available without appointment, many resources, such as film readers and computers, require advance booking.

How to find us

Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre

Clock Tower Building,

Former Civic Centre Site

Strood, Kent ME2 4AU

for Sat. Nav. please use ME2 2AD

MALSC is on the first floor of the Clocktower building, behind the site of the former Civic Centre, Strood, which is adjacent to Rochester Bridge. Access is available from the High Street via Taylor's Lane. Buses stop a few yards away in Strood High Street and Strood railway station is a five-minute walk. Visitors travelling by car should follow signs to the Civic Centre car park which is accessible from Knight Road. Disabled access and facilities are available.

Parking

The former Civic Centre car park is a pay and display car park.

Opening hours

  • Monday - 9am-5pm
  • Tuesday - 9am-5pm
  • Wednesday - Closed
  • Thursday - 9am-5pm
  • Friday - 9am-5pm
  • Saturday - 9am-4pm

 

Location map of the Civic Centre

 

 

For more information contact Medway Archives and Local Studies by telephone: 01634 332714 or by email: malsc@medway.gov.uk

Write to: Medway Archives and Local Studies, Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TR

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