Cooling Castle
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.Photo: shirokazan, CC BY 2.0.
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- Type: Ruins
- Description: quadrangular castle in Cooling, Medway, Kent, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Cooling Castle and its associated landscaped setting”
- Postal code: ME3 8DT
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St James’ Church, Cooling and Church of St Helen.
St James’ Church, Cooling
Church
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. St James’ Church, Cooling is situated 920 feet east of Cooling Castle.
Church of St Helen
Church
Photo: Martin Beale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Helen is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Cooling Castle.
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 Cooling Castle.
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 Cooling Castle.
Cooling Castle
- Categories: quadrangular castle and historic site
- Location: Cooling, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.4553° or 51° 27′ 19″ northLongitude
0.52233° or 0° 31′ 20″ eastOpen location code
9F32FG4C+4WOpenStreetMap ID
way 297495783OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q5167493
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cooling Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cooling Castle”
- Danish: “Cooling Castle”
- German: “Cooling Castle”
- Italian: “Castello di Cooling”
- Swedish: “Cooling Castle”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cooling Castle and Mount Pleasant.
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