Strand

A strand is a beach, a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles along the shoreline of a body of water.

Strand or "the Strand" may also refer to:

Geography

British Isles

• New Strand Shopping Centre, a shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside
• Strand, London, a famous street in Central London
• Strand District (Metropolis)
• St Mary le Strand (parish)
• Strand (UK Parliament constituency)
• Strand, County Down, a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland
• The Strand, recreation area in Gillingham, Kent

Europe

• Strand (Friesland), Netherlands
• Strand, Norway
• Strand, Akershus, Norway
• Strand (island), a German island that was split into two by the Burchardi Flood of 1634
• Štrand, a beach on the Danube in Novi Sad, Serbia
• strand, the name for outdoor public swimming pools, Hungary

Africa

• Strand, Western Cape, South Africa
• Strand Street (Cape Town), a road in Cape Town, South Africa

North America

• Silver Strand (San Diego), or The Strand, is a narrow isthmus connecting Coronado Island with Imperial Beach, California
• Strand, California
• Strand Fiord Pass, a pass on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada
• Strand National Historic Landmark District, Galveston, Texas
• Strand Theater, Lakewood, an historic vaudeville theater in Lakewood, New Jersey
• The Grand Strand, a stretch of beaches in North and South Carolina
• The Strand (bicycle path), a pedestrian/bike path along the coast of the South Bay, Los Angeles
• The Strand (theater), a classical theater on the square in Marietta, Georgia

Australasia

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

People

• Asle Strand, Norwegian luger
• Andreas Strand (1889–1958), Norwegian gymnast in the 1908 Summer Olympics
• Anne Lilia Berge Strand, Norwegian artist and DJ
• Arne Strand, Norwegian journalist and politician for the Labour Party
• David Strand, Advertising executive, founder of Strand Marketing, Inc.
• Embrik Strand (1876–1947), Norwegian zoologist, entomologist and arachnologist
• Erik Welle-Strand (1916–2001), Norwegian mining engineer and World War II resistance member
• Harold P. Strand, Inventor, scientific writer
• Harold P. Strand, Jr., Technician, electronics supplier
• Hans E. Strand (1934–2000), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party
• Johan Martin Jakobsen Strand (1873–1935), Norwegian farmer and politician for the Liberal Party
• Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand, (1907–2000), a Danish astronomer
• Kjetil Strand, Norwegian handball player
• Knut Olaf Andreasson Strand (1887–1980), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party
• Lars Iver Strand, Norwegian football player
• Lars Ketil Strand, Norwegian forester
• Lasse Strand, Norwegian football (soccer) defender
• Mark Strand, an American poet
• Morten Strand, Norwegian footballer and politician for the Conservative Party
• Odd Strand (1925–2008), Norwegian civil servant
• Olaf Strand (1899–1997), Norwegian middle distance runner
• Pål Strand, Norwegian football
• Paul Strand, an American modernist photographer
• Richard Strand, an American linguist studying Afghanistan
• Roar Strand, Norwegian football player
• Tove Strand, Norwegian director and former politician for the Labour Party

Other

• Strand (album) is an album by the Spinanes
• Strand (cigarette), a 1950s/1960s brand of cigarette notorious for its failed advertising campaign, "You're never alone with a Strand"
• Strand (epistemology), an epistemological strand
• Strand (programming language) is a parallel programming system
• Strand Bookstore, a famous book store in New York City
• Strand Cinema, art deco cinema in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Strand Home Video, was formerly Strand VCI Entertainment but changed its name in 1993
• 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 Magazine, a British monthly founded in the 1890s (named after the road in London)
• Strand Marketing, is a marketing and advertising agency north of Boston in Newburyport, MA and a retail marketing agency based in London, UK
• Strand Publishing, a publishing company based in Sydney, Australia
• Strand Publishing, an eBook publishing company based in Palm Springs, California
• Strand Publishing UK Ltd, a London based Publishing Company.
• Strand VCI Entertainment, a company specializing direct-to-video releases of children's entertainment.

• On Baile's Strand, a play by W.B. Yeats based on Celtic mythology
  • "Baile's Strand", a song on the album Crógacht by the band Suidakra, based on the same Celtic legend as Yeats' play
• The Strand (band), an American industrial music band
• The Strand (radio), a daily BBC World Service arts programme
• The Strand, a British hard rock band that eventually evolved into the Sex Pistols
• The Strand, publication of Victoria University in the University of Toronto

See also

• Strand tube station (disambiguation)