Hoo

Worth seeing in and around Hoo

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Dickens World

   Dickens World was a themed attraction located in the Chatham Dockside retail park in Kent, England. It was themed around elements of the life and work of Charles Dickens.

   3 km · Amusement park in England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Cockham Wood Fort

   Cockham Wood Fort was constructed in 1669 on the north bank of the River Medway in Kent in south-east England. In conjunction with Fort Gillingham it took on the role of defending Chatham Dockyard from seaborne attack, a role which had been performed by Upnor Castle for the previous hundred years.

   1.3 km · fort in Hoo St Werburgh, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Nasir Mosque

   Nasir Mosque is a mosque in Gillingham, Kent, England. Located on Richmond Road, it was established in 1975 as Nasir Hall.

   3 km · mosque in Gillingham, Kent · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Royal Engineers Museum

   The Royal Engineers Museum is a military engineering museum and library in Gillingham, Kent, England. It tells the story of the Corps of Royal Engineers and British military engineering in general.

   3.6 km · military museum in Gillingham, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Chatham Historic Dockyard

   The Historic Dockyard Chatham is a maritime museum on part of the site of the former royal/naval dockyard at Chatham in Kent, South East England. Chatham Dockyard covered 400 acres and was one of the Royal Navy's main facilities for around 400 years until it was closed on 31 March 1984.

   3.5 km · maritime museum in Chatham, Kent, England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St. George's Chapel, Chatham

   St George’s Chapel is a Grade II listed chapel in Chatham, Kent, England. It is located within the former Chatham Dockyard area, historically known as HMS Pembroke, which served the Royal Navy for centuries.

   3.3 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Boer War Memorial Arch, Brompton Barracks

   Boer War Memorial Arch is a Grade II* listed war memorial on Pasley Street in the town of Brompton, in Kent, England. It commemorates the corps of Royal Engineers who died during the Second Boer War.

   3.6 km · war memorial in Brompton, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Waterfront University Technical College

   Waterfront UTC is a University Technical College in Chatham, Kent, England, which opened in September 2015 as Medway UTC on a site between Pier Road and South Side Three Road. After receiving an "inadequate" rating in every category in an Ofsted inspection in March 2018, the college joined The Howard Academy Trust in November 2018 and its name was changed.

   2.8 km · college in Kent, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Our Lady of Gillingham Church

   Our Lady of Gillingham Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Gillingham, Kent, England. It was founded in 1888 and built in 1896.

   3.7 km · church in Kent, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Tower Hill to Cockham Wood

    Tower Hill to Cockham Wood is a 47.8-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Rochester in Kent. It contains two Geological Conservation Review sites.

    2.5 km · biological and geological site · Wikipedia

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Getting to Hoo

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 56 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 60 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 71 km

Stations

Gillingham railway station, 3.9 km · Beluncle Halt railway station, 2.6 km · High Halstow Halt railway station, 3 km · Sharnal Street railway station, 2.2 km

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  49 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £5–7
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  85 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £10–14
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