Cooling is a small, mostly rural parish on the Hoo Peninsula within the unitary authority of Medway in England. It sits beside the salt marshes of the Thames Estuary and the River Thames, giving wide, windswept views and making it a quiet spot popular with walkers and birdwatchers as much as with farmers.
The parish is best known for the atmospheric ruins of Cooling Castle and a historic village church, St James' Church, which reflect its medieval past. Today the community is small and largely agricultural, with a touch of heritage tourism; the adjacent marshes and nearby industrial and port developments on the estuary also shape the local landscape and economy.
Postcode districts covering Cooling
Most populated places nearby
- Southend-on-Sea 10.7 miles17.2 km
- Bexley 16.6 miles26.8 km
- Basildon 8.7 miles14 km
- Chelmsford 19.8 miles31.9 km
- Maidstone 12.3 miles19.8 km
- Gillingham 5.7 miles9.1 km
- Grays 8.8 miles14.1 km
- Chatham 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 24.3 miles39.1 km
- Barking and Dagenham 18.8 miles30.3 km
- Dartford 13.5 miles21.8 km
- Gravesend 6.5 miles10.4 km
Neighbouring places
- High Halstow Built-up area 1.3 miles2.2 km
- Cliffe Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Cliffe and Cliffe Woods Parish 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Cliffe Woods Built-up area 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Strood Rural Ward 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Hoo St. Werburgh & High Halstow Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Chattenden Built-up area 2 miles3.1 km
- Hoo St. Werburgh Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Lower Upnor Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
- St. Mary Hoo Parish 3 miles4.9 km
- Frindsbury Extra Parish 3.1 miles5.1 km
- Lower Higham Built-up area 3.2 miles5.1 km
Example postcodes in Cooling
ME3 8DJ, ME3 8DD, ME3 8DP, ME3 8DQ, ME3 8DE, ME3 8DR, ME3 8DT, ME3 8DF, ME3 8DB … See all
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 11 miles17.8 km
- London City Airport 20.8 miles33.5 km
- Higham Railway Station 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Strood Railway Station 3.9 miles6.2 km
Hotels near Cooling Ad
- King Charles Hotel 3 4 miles6.5 km
- Trivelles Rochester 2 3.8 miles6.1 km
- The Jolly Drayman Pub and Hotel 6.7 miles10.8 km
- Best Western Manor Hotel 3 7 miles11.3 km
- The Leather Bottle Ltd 7 miles11.2 km
- Holiday Inn Rochester Chatham 4 7.1 miles11.4 km
- The Gordon House Hotel 2 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Spring River Ebbsfleet by Marston's Inns 4 9.2 miles14.9 km
- The Royal Victoria & Bull Hotel 4.2 miles6.8 km
- Inn on the Lake 3 6.2 miles10 km
Local points of interest
- University of Greenwich - Medway University 3.6 miles5.7 km
- MidKent College - Medway College 3.8 miles6.2 km
- Priestfield Stadium Stadium 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Spotlites at Kings Theatre Theatre 4.8 miles7.8 km
- University for the Creative Arts - Rochester University 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Canvey Island Heritage Centre & Museum Museum 5.1 miles8.3 km
- Yantlet beach Beach 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Sheerness Harbour Harbour 9.1 miles14.7 km
- Thames Estuary Yacht Club Marina 9.3 miles15 km
- Boxley Hills Hill 9.4 miles15 km
- Roots Hall Stadium 10.1 miles16.2 km
- Boxley Abbey Historic site 10.3 miles16.6 km