Hoo St Werburgh
Hoo St Werburgh, commonly known as Hoo, is a large village and civil parish in the Medway district of Kent, England.
Hoo St Werburgh, commonly known as Hoo, is a large village and civil parish in the Medway district of Kent, England. It is one of several villages on the Hoo Peninsula to bear the name Hoo, a Saxon word believed to mean "spur of land" or to refer to the "distinct heel-shape of the ridge of hills" through the settlement. Hoo features in Domesday Book, and had a population of 7,356 at the 2001 census, rising to 8,945 at the 2011 census. The civil parish includes Chattenden to the west.
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Worth seeing in and around Hoo St Werburgh
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.
- 01Dickens 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 - 02Royal 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.
3.7 km · military museum in Gillingham, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Nasir Mosque
Nasir Mosque is a mosque in Gillingham, Kent, England. Located on Richmond Road, it was established in 1975 as Nasir Hall.
3.2 km · mosque in Gillingham, Kent · Wikipedia - 04Cockham 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 - 05Chatham 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 - 06St. 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 - 07Boer 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.
3.7 km · war memorial in Brompton, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Our 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.
3.9 km · church in Kent, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Tower 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.
2.4 km · biological and geological site · Wikipedia - 10MidKent College (Gillingham Campus)
MidKent College is a further education college in Kent, England. It runs courses from two separate campuses in Maidstone and Medway, including a number of higher education courses.
3.5 km · college in Medway, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hoo St Werburgh
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 56 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 60 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 71 km
- Stations
- High Halstow Halt railway station, 2.7 km · Beluncle Halt railway station, 2.7 km · Sharnal Street railway station, 2.1 km
- London → Hoo St Werburgh48 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £5–7
- London, Essex → Hoo St Werburgh48 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £5–7
- Luton, Luton → Hoo St Werburgh84 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £11–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Hoo St Werburgh
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hoo St Werburgh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Hoo St Werburgh
Hoo St Werburgh is 47 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- High Halstowvillage in Kent, England, UK3.2 km
- Chattendenvillage in Kent, England, UK2.2 km
- Upnorlocality in Kent, England, UK2.6 km
- Wainscottvillage in Kent, England, UK3.5 km