Hoo Junction
Hoo Junction is a rail yard on the North Kent Line, near the village of Higham, Kent and Shorne Marshes, operated by DB Cargo UK; formerly the English, Welsh and Scottish Railway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Higham railway station and Shornemead Fort.
Higham railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Higham railway station is in the hamlet of Lower Higham in north Kent. The village of Higham is about 1 mile to the south. It is 28 miles 42 chains down the line from London Charing Cross. Higham railway station is situated 1 mile southeast of Hoo Junction.
Shornemead Fort
Ruins
Photo: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shornemead Fort is a now-disused artillery fort that was built in the 1860s to guard the entrance to the Thames from seaborne attack. Constructed during a period of tension with France, it stands on the south bank of the river at a point where the Thames curves sharply north and west, giving the fort long views up and downriver in both directions. Shornemead Fort is situated 1 mile northwest of Hoo Junction.
St Mary’s Church, Higham
Church
St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Higham, 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. St Mary’s Church, Higham is situated 1 mile east of Hoo Junction.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chalk and Thong.
Chalk
Village
Chalk is a village and since 1935 a former civil parish which adjoins the east of Gravesend, in the Gravesham district, in the county of Kent, England. Chalk is situated 2 miles west of Hoo Junction.
Thong
Hamlet
Thong is a hamlet southeast of Gravesend in Kent, England. The population of the hamlet is included in the civil parish of Shorne. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names and appeared as a question answer for Round Britain Quiz on BBC Radio 4. Thong is situated 2½ miles southwest of Hoo Junction.
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. Cliffe is situated 3 miles northeast of Hoo Junction.
Hoo Junction
- Type: Railway
- Description: railway station in the UK
- Categories: railway station and transportation
- Location: Shorne, Borough of Gravesham, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.43621° or 51° 26′ 10″ northLongitude
0.44509° or 0° 26′ 42″ eastElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Operator
DB Schenker RailOpen location code
9F32CCPW+F2OpenStreetMap ID
way 56047901OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=railwayGeoNames ID
8128735Wikidata ID
Q5897371
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Hoo Junction” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “胡交匯”
- French: “Hoo Junction”
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