Strand

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

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

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

Music

 * Groups
 * The Strand, a British hard rock band that eventually evolved into the Sex Pistols
 * 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 9-1-1: Lone Star
 * 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