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.
| 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 rests in the Thanet district, a quiet corner of Kent where the ancient landscape whispers tales of ages past. It lies 7.6 km north-north-west of Sandwich (from Sandwich: bearing 335°T, OS grid TR 295 648), and is situated east-south-east of Monkton village. Here, the fields stretch out, a patchwork of greens and golds under a sky that often holds a particular, soft light, the kind that seems to illuminate the very soul of the land. The air, carrying the faint scent of cultivated earth, moves with a gentle purpose, as if guiding the clouds in their unhurried procession. Hoo, though small, possesses a timeless quality, a stillness that allows one to hear the distant call of seabirds even miles inland, a reminder of the coast's enduring presence. The very lanes that wind through Hoo seem to hold the memory of footsteps long gone, each bend revealing a scene of quiet, enduring beauty.
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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 | June 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. |