Cooling
Cooling is a locality in Medway, England. Cooling is situated nearby to the village High Halstow, as well as near Cliffe.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cooling Castle and St James’ Church, Cooling.
Cooling Castle
Ruins
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Cooling Castle is a 14th-century quadrangular castle in the village of Cooling, Kent on the Hoo Peninsula about 6 miles north of Rochester. It was built in the 1380s by the Cobham family, the local lords of the manor, to guard the area against French raids into the Thames Estuary.
St James’ Church, Cooling
Church
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St James' Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Cooling, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hoo St Werburgh and Cliffe.
Hoo St Werburgh
Village
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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 St Werburgh is situated 2½ miles south of Cooling.
Cliffe
Village
Cliffe is a village in the civil parish of Cliffe and Cliffe Woods, in the borough of Medway in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. It is on the Hoo Peninsula, reached from the Medway Towns by a three-mile journey along the B2000 road.
Wainscott
Village
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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 3½ miles south of Cooling.
Cooling
- Type: Locality
- Location: Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4581° or 51° 27′ 29″ northLongitude
0.5371° or 0° 32′ 14″ eastElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
9F32FG5P+6RGeoNames ID
7290862
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