Lodge Hill

Lodge Hill is a village in Hoo St Werburgh, Medway, England. Lodge Hill is situated near the hamlet Dux Court, as well as near the locality Dalham.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Upnor Castle and Church of St Margaret.

Upnor Castle

Castle

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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. Upnor Castle is situated 2 miles south of Lodge Hill.

Church of St Margaret

Church

Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cockham Wood Fort

Fort

Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cockham Wood Fort was constructed in 1669 on the north bank of the River Medway in Kent in south-east England. In conjunction with Fort Gillingham it took on the role of defending Chatham Dockyard from seaborne attack, a role which had been performed by Upnor Castle for the previous hundred years. Cockham Wood Fort is situated 2 miles south of Lodge Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wainscott and Cliffe.

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 2 miles southwest of Lodge Hill.

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 2½ miles northwest of Lodge Hill.

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 3 miles south of Lodge Hill.

Lodge Hill

Type: Village
Category: locality
Location: Hoo St Werburgh, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.43701° or 51° 26′ 13″ north

Longitude

0.54223° or 0° 32′ 32″ east

Open location code

9F32CGPR+RV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1496355102

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

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Places to explore: Lodge Hill and Dux Court.

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