The Hoo Peninsula is open for business!

With half term approaching, I’d like to encourage you to visit the Hoo Peninsula - a fantastic landscape offering wilderness and heritage.

It stretches from Cliffe (or thereabouts) in the west to the Isle of Grain in the east. Our villages include Upnor, Cliffe and Cliffe Woods, Cooling, Hoo St. Werburgh, High Halstow, St. Mary Hoo, Stoke, Allhallows and the Isle of Grain.

We have a fabulous, and in my view unrivalled, network of dramatic walking routes, marshland, wildlife, heritage, farmland and vibrant communities. There are many local shops and businesses, including a super selection of pubs, cafes and restaurants and we are never short of fetes and community events.

We are very proud to be the home of RSPB Cliffe Pools Nature Reserve, Upnor Castle, RSPB Northwood Hill Nature Reserve, Grain Coastal Park, St. James’ Church at Cooling (made famous by Charles Dickens), Deangate Ridge Golf Club near Hoo, Medway Microlights at Stoke Airfield and Port Werburgh in Hoo (just some of our attractions).

If you’ve never been - please come and see us and enjoy the great outdoors right on your doorstep. You’ll have a great time!

Take a look at Medway Council’s website for more information about local activities, search the Hoo Peninsula on the internet or browse this site.

We are open for business and ready to welcome you!

  

Hoo Marina is waiting for you!

I always enjoy popping down to Hoo Marina (now known as Port Werburgh). It’s high up on the list of places to go locally whenever I have family and friends staying over - just like when my mother and sister visited last summer.

Although you have to go through a small industrial area to get there, the views of the River Medway from the marina are worth it.

And, you can enjoy a nice cuppa and something tasty to eat at Hoo Riverside Diner - perfectly placed within the marina. Next door you’ll find the office of Premier Houseboats, offering a really interesting range of boats for sale - always good to have a nose at the sales board on the window!

From Saturday 9 March another business will be opening in the marina, next to Riverside Diner, called Beach Hut 'n' Boats. They’ll be offering a colourful range of products. Take a look at their website by clicking here.

Hoo Riverside Diner is open from Monday to Friday (8am to 4pm) and Saturdays and Sundays (8.30am to 4pm).

So, when you get some spare time, pop down to Port Werburgh and see what you’ve been missing!