Hoo Common
Hoo Common is a park in Frindsbury Extra, Medway, England. Hoo Common is situated nearby to the community center Arethusa, as well as near the peak Beacon Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Upnor Castle and Bishop Gundulph Church.
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 3,200 feet south of Hoo Common.
Bishop Gundulph Church
Church
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bishop Gundulph Church is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Hoo Common.
Medway Tunnel
Tunnel
Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Medway Tunnel is a tunnel under the River Medway linking Strood with Chatham in Kent, England. It forms part of the A289 Medway Towns Northern Relief Road. Medway Tunnel is situated 1 mile south of Hoo Common.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wainscott and Hoo St Werburgh.
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.
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.
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 1½ miles south of Hoo Common.
Hoo Common
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Frindsbury Extra, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.41516° or 51° 24′ 55″ northLongitude
0.5313° or 0° 31′ 53″ eastOpen location code
9F32CG8J+3GOpenStreetMap ID
way 1378019106OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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