Shakespeare
Shakespeare is a hamlet in St Mary Hoo, Medway, England. Shakespeare is situated nearby to the hamlet Barn Street, as well as near the locality Cuckold’s Green.Places of Interest
Highlights include Slough Fort and Church of All Saints.
Slough Fort
Fort
Photo: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Slough Fort is a small artillery fort that was built at Allhallows-on-Sea in the north of the Hoo Peninsula in Kent. Constructed in 1867, the D-shaped fort was intended to guard a vulnerable stretch of the River Thames against possible enemy landings during a period of tension with France.
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 south of Shakespeare.
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 4 miles southwest of Shakespeare.
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 5 miles west of Shakespeare.
Leigh-on-Sea
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leigh-on-Sea is a beautiful old fishing port on the London side of Southend-on-Sea on the south coast of Essex. Visitor venues in Leigh can be divided into three zones.
Shakespeare
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: St Mary Hoo, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.46763° or 51° 28′ 4″ northLongitude
0.61222° or 0° 36′ 44″ eastOpen location code
9F32FJ96+3VOpenStreetMap ID
node 254348102OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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