Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Thanet · Region: South East
Explore Hoo, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hoo map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hoo, Kent, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Hoo |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Thanet |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.336732 |
| Longitude | 1.293853 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Hoo persists as a quiet enclave of fields and sky, holding the stillness of the Kentish landscape in its modest embrace. It lies 4.7 miles north-north-west of Sandwich (from Sandwich: bearing 335°T, OS grid TR 295 648), and is situated east-south-east of Monkton village. The light here has a peculiar, silvered quality that catches the blades of grass, turning the earth toward the horizon into a shimmer of pale green. To the north, the earth hides the secrets of the Anglo-Saxon Cemetery And Associated Remains At Monkton, where the past rests beneath a quiet shroud of soil. Beyond these ghosts, the damp, rich scent of the Monkton Marshes drifts on the breeze, marking the low-lying ground where the water lingers in deep, dark channels. Hoo remains defined by this proximity to the marshland, where the air feels heavy with the coming of evening and the slow movement of the tides. The land offers little in the way of grand monuments, preferring the honest, unadorned utility of open pastures and working tracks. Even as the sun descends, the shadows stretch long and thin across the lanes, giving Hoo a sense of permanence that outlasts the fleeting noise of the modern world.
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Explore Hoo, Kent, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.336732, 1.293853. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | September 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |