Hoo Peninsula

The Hoo Peninsula is a peninsula in Kent, England. It separates the estuaries of the Thames and Medway.

Hoo Peninsula
Hoo Peninsula Location within Kent
Population	31,050 [1]
OS grid reference	[TQ7675 TQ7675]
Unitary authority	Medway
Ceremonial county	Kent
Region	South East
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	Rochester and Strood
List of places UK England Kent 51.45°N 0.55°E / 51.45; 0.55

Hoo Peninsula

The peninsula has a line of chalk, clay and sand hills,^[2] surrounded by a big area of marshland.

Hoo is a Saxon word believed to mean 'spur of land'.^[3] Hoo features in the Domesday Book.^[4] The peninsula is home to protected wildlife sites. It also has industrial facilities and energy industries.

The mud around the Hoo Peninsula and the neighbouring Isle of Sheppey is mud from the end-Palaeocene and Eocene with plenty of bird remains.^[5][6][7]