Hoo is a large village in Kent’s Medway district, known for its long history and growing population. It offers a rural setting within the Hoo Peninsula, with a sense of community reflected in its expanding census numbers.
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Hoo St Werburgh, commonly known as Hoo, is a large village and civil parish in the Medway district of Kent, England. It is one of several villages on the Hoo Peninsula to bear the name Hoo, a Saxon word believed to mean "spur of land" or to refer to the "distinct heel‑shape of the ridge of hills" through the settlement. Hoo features in Domesday Book, and had a population of 7,356 at the 2001 census, rising to 8,945 at the 2011 census. The civil parish includes Chattenden to the west. The village lies within the ME 3 postal district and is part of the larger Medway area, offering a rural character with historical roots and a growing community. Residents benefit from the village’s long heritage and the surrounding natural landscape of the Hoo Peninsula.