Hoo St Werburgh, Gillingham

Name: Hoo St Werburgh
Address: Gillingham, United Kingdom

#26 among attractions in Gillingham

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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. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°25'23"N, 0°33'49"E

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Hoo Peninsula (Hoo St. Werburgh)Gillingham United Kingdom

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Hoo St Werburgh – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Upnor Castle, The Historic Dockyard Chatham, Priestfield Stadium, Dockside Outlet Centre.

1.9 miSW
Museum, Military museum, Forts and castles
Upnor Castle, Gillingham
50 min walk • Upnor Castle is an Elizabethan artillery fort located on the west bank of the River Medway in Kent. It is in the village of Upnor, opposite and a short distance downriver from the Chatham Dockyard, at one time a key naval facility.
2.4 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum
The Historic Dockyard Chatham, Gillingham
63 min walk • Chatham Historic Dockyard 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 several hundred years until it was closed in 1984. After closure the dockyard was divided into three sections.
2.7 miS
Arenas and stadiums, Football, Sport
Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham
69 min walk • Priestfield Stadium is a football stadium in Gillingham, Kent. It has been the home of Gillingham Football Club since the club's formation in 1893, and was also the temporary home of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club for two seasons during the 1990s.
2 miSW
51°24'4"N • 0°32'5"E
Dockside Outlet Centre, Gillingham
51 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre, Outlet mall
2.4 miSW
Museum, Military museum, History museum
Royal Engineers Museum, Gillingham
62 min walk • The Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive is a military engineering museum and library in Gillingham, Kent. It tells the story of the Corps of Royal Engineers and British military engineering in general.
2.4 miSW
Museum
Kent Police Museum, Gillingham
61 min walk • The Kent Police Museum is located at Faversham Police Station in Kent, England. The museum was previously located within Chatham Dockyard. In September 2015 it relocated to temporary accommodation at the Kent Police Headquarters in Maidstone, and moved to Faversham on 8 Dec 2016.
1.8 miSE
Forts and castles
Fort Darnet, Gillingham
46 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.
1.7 miSW
Forest
Tower Hill to Cockham Wood, Gillingham
43 min walk • 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.
1.4 miSW
51°24'50"N • 0°32'9"E
Medway Yacht Club, Gillingham
35 min walk • Sailing, Marina
2 miSW
Amusement, Amusement park, Museum
Dickens World, Chatham
52 min walk • 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.
2.2 miSW
Church
St George's Chapel, Gillingham
56 min walk • St. George's Chapel at Chatham, Medway, Kent is the chapel in an area that used to be Chatham Dockyard known as HMS Pembroke, used by the Royal Navy for centuries. It is notable for its naval connections.