Hoo Peninsula

Hoo Peninsula
Stoke Marshes, Hoo Peninsula
Hoo Peninsula is located in Kent
Hoo Peninsula
Hoo Peninsula
Location within Kent
Population31,050 [1]
OS grid referenceTQ7675
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townROCHESTER
Postcode districtME3
Dialling code01634
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Kent
51°27′N 0°33′E / 51.45°N 0.55°E / 51.45; 0.55
Hoo Peninsula

The Hoo Peninsula is a peninsula in Kent, England, separating the estuaries of the rivers Thames and Medway. It is dominated by a line of chalk, clay and sand hills,[2] surrounded by an extensive area of marshland composed of alluvial silt. The name Hoo is a Saxon word believed to mean 'spur of land' or refers to the 'distinct heel-shape of the ridge of hills' through Hoo.[3] Hoo features in the Domesday Book.[4] The peninsula is home to internationally and nationally protected wildlife sites as well as industrial facilities and energy industries.

  1. ^ ONS "www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/populationandhouseholdestimatesfortheunitedkingdom/2011-03-21".
  2. ^ Warren, Colin; Thomas, Iain (2006). "Geotechnical aspects of the Strood and Higham railway tunnel relining and refurbishment" (PDF). geolsoc.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Historic England - The Hoo Peninsula Landscape".
  4. ^ The Place Names of Kent, Judith Glover, 1976, Batsford. ISBN 0-905270-61-4