Strood Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England.
It was subject to boundary reforms in 1934 and 1935.
It consisted of the following civil parishes:
- Allhallows (1935—1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
- Chalk (1894—1935; abolished and transferred to the Municipal Borough of Gravesend)
- Cliffe
- Cobham
- Cooling (1935—1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
- Cuxton
- Denton (1894—1935; abolished and transferred to the Municipal Borough of Gravesend)
- Frindsbury Extra (part transferred to the City of Rochester in 1934)
- Halling
- Higham
- High Halstow (1935—1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
- Hoo St Werburgh (1935—1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
- Ifield (1894—1935; abolished and split between Cobham and the Municipal Borough of Gravesend)
- Isle of Grain (1935—1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
- Luddesdown
- Meopham
- Nursted
- Shorne
- St Mary Hoo (1935—1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
- Stoke (1935—1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
- Strood Extra (1894—1934; abolished and split between Cuxton and the City of Rochester)
On 1 April 1974 the district was abolished and split between the new districts of Medway and Gravesham.
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