Hoo St Werburgh

This article is about Hoo in Kent, England. For the village in Suffolk, see Hoo, Suffolk.

Hoo St Werburgh
View of Hoo from the Saxon Shore Way
Hoo St Werburgh is located in Kent
Hoo St Werburgh
Hoo St Werburgh
Location within Kent
Population8,945 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ779725
Civil parish
  • Hoo St Werburgh
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°25′23″N 0°33′29″E / 51.423°N 0.558°E / 51.423; 0.558

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"[2] through the settlement. Hoo features in Domesday Book, and had a population of 7,356 at the 2001 census, rising to 8,945 at the 2011 census.[1] The civil parish includes Chattenden to the west.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Historic England - The Hoo Peninsula Landscape". 15 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Hoo St Werburgh Website".