Strand Explained

Strand or The Strand may refer to:

Topography

• The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a:
  • Beach
  • Shoreline
• Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida

Places

Africa

• Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa
• Strand Street, a road in Cape Town, South Africa

Asia

• A park alongside the river Ganges in Chandannagar, India
• Strand Road, Kolkata, a road alongside the river Ganges in Kolkata, India

Australia

• The Strand Arcade, a Victorian shopping arcade in Sydney, Australia
• The Strand, Townsville, a beachside foreshore in Townsville, Australia
• The Strand, Auckland, a street in Auckland, New Zealand
• The Strand Station, the former main railway station of Auckland, New Zealand, known as The Strand for excursion trains

United Kingdom

• Strand (UK Parliament constituency), former constituency in the City of Westminster
• Strand, County Down, a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland
• Strand, London, a street in Central London
• St Mary le Strand (parish), City of Westminster
• Strand District (Metropolis), a local government district within the metropolitan area of London, England, from 1855 to 1900
• The Strand, Wiltshire, a hamlet
• The Strand, recreation area in Gillingham, Kent
• New Strand Shopping Centre, a shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside
• Strands, Cumbria, a location

Europe

• Strand (island), a German island that was split into two by the Burchardi Flood of 1634
• Ștrand, a district of Sibiu, Romania
• Štrand, a beach on the Danube in Novi Sad, Serbia
• Strand, Akershus, a village area in Bærum municipality in Akershus county, Norway
• Strand, Friesland, a hamlet in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, the Netherlands
• Strand, Nordland, a village in Sortland municipality in Nordland county, Norway
• Strand, Norway, a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway
• Strand, Vestfold, a village in Sandefjord municipality in Vestfold county, Norway

North America

Canada

• Strand Fiord Pass, a pass on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada

United States

• Strand, Iowa
• Grand Strand, a stretch of beaches in North and South Carolina
• Silver Strand (San Diego), or The Strand, a narrow isthmus connecting Coronado Island with Imperial Beach, California
• Strand National Historic Landmark District, a neighborhood in Galveston, Texas
• The Strand (bicycle path), a pedestrian/bike path along the coast of the South Bay, Los Angeles

Art, entertainment, and media

Music

Groups

• The Strand, a British hard rock band that eventually evolved into the Sex Pistols

Labels

• Strand Records, an American budget label, launched in spring 1959, in New York City, as a subsidiary of Consolidated Frybrook Industries, founded in 1958 by Jack Kent Cooke

Works

• Strand (album), an album by the Spinanes
• "Baile's Strand", a song on the album Crógacht by the band Suidakra, based on the same Celtic legend as Yeats' play
• "Do the Strand," a song by the British band Roxy Music

Periodicals

• The Strand, a publication of Victoria University in the University of Toronto
• The Strand Magazine, a British monthly founded in the 1890s (named after the street in London)

Other art, entertainment, and media

• Strand (film), a 2009 Iranian film
• The Strand (radio), a daily BBC World Service arts programme
• Victor Strand, a character in Fear the Walking Dead
• T. K. Strand, a character in
• The New York Times Strands, an online word game

Biology

• Coding strand, a strand of DNA
• A strand of hair

Brands and enterprises

• Strand (cigarette), a 1950s/1960s brand of cigarette notorious for its failed advertising campaign, "You're never alone with a Strand"
• Strand Bookstore, a famous bookstore in New York City
• Strand Cinema, art deco cinema in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Strand Hotel (also known as The Strand), a colonial-style hotel in Yangon, Myanmar
• Strand Lighting, a company supplying lighting equipment to the entertainment industry
• Strand Publishing, a publishing company based in Sydney, Australia; publisher of books by Grenville Kent
• Strand Releasing, a theatrical distribution company based in Culver City, California
• The Strand (Providence theater), a live music venue and theater in Providence, Rhode Island

Other uses

• Strand (programming language), a parallel programming system
• Strand (surname)
• Strand, part of an electrical cable
• Strand (mathematics), part of a knot as meant in the definition of tricolorability

See also

• Strand Church (disambiguation)
• Strand station (disambiguation)
• Strand Theatre (disambiguation)
• Stranded (disambiguation)
• Strandloper (disambiguation)