Kingsnorth
Kingsnorth is a place in Kent, England, on the south side of the Hoo Peninsula. It is distinct from the village of Kingsnorth, also in Kent, near Ashford.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: hamlet in Medway, Kent, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Kingsnorth-on-Medway”, “Kingsnorth, Kent”, and “Kingsnorth, Medway”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Damhead Creek power station and Church of St Peter and St Paul.
Damhead Creek power station
Power station
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Damhead Creek power station is a 792 MWe gas-fired power station in Kent, England, on the Hoo Peninsula, It is near the site of the decommissioned Kingsnorth power station. The plant entered service in February 2001.
Church of St Peter and St Paul
Church
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Peter and St Paul is situated 1½ miles northeast of Kingsnorth.
Church of St Werburgh, Hoo
Church
Photo: Ifor R Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Werburgh, Hoo is situated 1½ miles southwest of Kingsnorth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gillingham and Brompton.
Gillingham
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gillingham is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Rochester and Chatham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.
Brompton
Village
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brompton is a suburban village situated between the town centres of Gillingham and Chatham, lying adjacent to Chatham Dockyard in Medway, Kent, England. Its name means "a farmstead where broom grows" — broom is a small yellow flowering shrub. Brompton is situated 3½ miles southwest of Kingsnorth.
Wainscott
Village
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wainscott is a small village in Rochester, in Kent, England. It is in the civil parish of Frindsbury Extra, in the Medway Unitary Authority, that is Medway Council. Wainscott is situated 4 miles west of Kingsnorth.
Kingsnorth
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Hoo St Werburgh, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.42834° or 51° 25′ 42″ northLongitude
0.59963° or 0° 35′ 59″ eastElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
9F32CHHX+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 85883871OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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