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.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Higham railway station and Shornemead Fort.
Higham railway station
Railway station
Higham railway station is in the hamlet of Lower Higham in north Kent. Higham railway station is situated 1 mile southeast of Hoo Junction.
Shornemead Fort
Ruins
Shornemead Fort is a now-disused artillery fort that… 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. 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… Chalk is situated 2 miles west of Hoo Junction.
Thong
Hamlet
Thong is a hamlet southeast of Gravesend in Kent, England. Thong is situated 2½ miles southwest of Hoo Junction.
Cliffe
Village
Cliffe is a village in the civil parish… Cliffe is situated 3 miles northeast of Hoo Junction.
Hoo Junction
- Type: Railway
- Description: railway station in the UK
- Categories: railway station and transport
- 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″ north
Longitude
0.44509° or 0° 26′ 42″ east
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Operator
DB Schenker Rail
Open location code
9F32CCPW+F2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=railway
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Hoo Junction” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “胡交匯”
- French: “Hoo Junction”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Beckley Hill and Higham Common.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Nuralite Industrial Estate and G&G Fencing & Landscape Supplies.
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