| Hoo Peninsula | |
|---|---|
 Stoke Marshes, Hoo Peninsula | |
  Hoo Peninsula Location within Kent | |
| Population | 31,050 [1] |
| OS grid reference | TQ7675 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ROCHESTER |
| Postcode district | ME3 |
| Dialling code | 01634 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
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.
- ^ ONS "www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/populationandhouseholdestimatesfortheunitedkingdom/2011-03-21".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Historic England - The Hoo Peninsula Landscape".
- ^ The Place Names of Kent, Judith Glover, 1976, Batsford. ISBN 0-905270-61-4