Fort Hoo, Gillingham

Name: Fort Hoo
Address: Gillingham, United Kingdom

#40 among attractions in Gillingham

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Hoo Fort is a nineteenth-century military installation on the River Medway in Kent, England, that formed part of the defences of Chatham Naval Dockyard. Hoo Fort, like Fort Darnet 1 km downstream, was built on the recommendations of the 1859 Royal Commission. It is located on Hoo Island covering Pinup Reach, the inner navigable channel of the River Medway. Hoo Island sits to the south of the Hoo Peninsula and is within the parish of Hoo, Kent. The fort can be viewed from along the Saxon Shore Way, accessible from Vicarage Lane in Hoo. ()

Built: XIX centuryCoordinates: 51°24'12"N, 0°34'53"E

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Gillingham United Kingdom

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Fort Hoo – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Riverside Country Park, Fort Darnet, Our Lady of Gillingham Church, PS Medway Queen.

1.2 miSE
Park
Riverside Country Park, Gillingham
31 min walk • Riverside Country Park is a large coastal public park, situated alongside the River Medway estuary between Gillingham and Rainham. The park covers about 100 hectares - approximately 247 acres.
0.7 miE
Forts and castles
Fort Darnet, Gillingham
18 min walk • Fort Darnet, is a nineteenth-century military installation on the River Medway in Kent, England, that formed part of the defences of Chatham Naval Dockyard.
1.5 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Our Lady of Gillingham Church, Gillingham
38 min walk • Our Lady of Gillingham Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Gillingham, Kent, England. It was founded in 1888 and built in 1896. It is situated on the corner of Ingram Road and Railway Street, north of Gillingham Rail Depot in the centre of the town. It is a Gothic Revival church.
0.7 miW
Ship
PS Medway Queen, Gillingham
18 min walk • The PS Medway Queen is a paddle driven steamship, the only mobile estuary paddle steamer left in the United Kingdom. She was one of the "little ships of Dunkirk", making a record seven trips and rescuing 7,000 men in the evacuation of Dunkirk.
1.1 miS
Forts and castles
Grange Redoubt, Gillingham
29 min walk • Grange Redoubt, also known as one of the two Twydall Redoubts, was constructed in 1885. It was not included in the original list of defensive structures proposed by the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom in 1860, but was conceived later and implemented as an experimental redoubt as opposed to a more substantial fort.