St James’ Church, Cooling
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.Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: church in Cooling, Medway, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “St James‘ Church, Cooling” and “St. James’s”
- Postal code: ME3 8DQ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cooling Castle and Cooling Marshes.
Cooling Castle
Ruins
Photo: shirokazan, CC BY 2.0.
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. Cooling Castle is situated 920 feet west of St James’ Church, Cooling.
Church of St Helen
Church
Photo: Martin Beale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Helen is situated 1¼ miles west of St James’ Church, Cooling.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cliffe and Hoo St Werburgh.
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.
Hoo St Werburgh
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 southeast of St James’ Church, Cooling.
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 3 miles south of St James’ Church, Cooling.
St James’ Church, Cooling
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Cooling, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.45529° or 51° 27′ 19″ northLongitude
0.52638° or 0° 31′ 35″ eastOpen location code
9F32FG4G+4HOpenStreetMap ID
way 120459210OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchWikidata ID
Q2323935
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to German—“St James’ Church, Cooling” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانت جيمس”
- German: “St James’ Church (Cooling)”
- German: “St James’ Church”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cooling Castle and Mount Pleasant.
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