What is Hoo Peninsula?
{{infobox UK place| |country = England |coordinates = {{coord|51.45|0.55|display=inline,title}} |official_name= Hoo Peninsula |population = 31,050 |population_ref = <ref>ONS {{cite web |url =http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/populationandhouseholdestimatesfortheunitedkingdom/2011-03-21 |title= www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/populationandhouseholdestimatesfortheunitedkingdom/2011-03-21}}</ref> |unitary_england= [[Medway]] |lieutenancy_england = [[Kent]] |region= South East England |constituency_westminster= [[Rochester and Strood (UK Parliament constituency)|Rochester and Strood]] |post_town= ROCHESTER |postcode_district = ME3 |postcode_area= ME |dial_code= 01634 |os_grid_reference= TQ7675 }} [[File:Hoo Peninsula.png|thumb|270px|Hoo Peninsula]] The '''Hoo Peninsula''' is a [[peninsula]] in [[Kent]], England. It separates the [[estuaries]] of the [[River Thames|Thames]] and [[River Medway|Medway]]. The peninsula has a line of chalk, clay and sand hills,<ref name=Geotech>{{cite web |first1=Colin |last1=Warren |first2=Iain |last2=Thomas |title=Geotechnical aspects of the Strood and Higham railway tunnel relining and refurbishment |date=2006 |url=http://iaeg2006.geolsoc.org.uk/cd/PAPERS/IAEG_046.PDF |publisher=geolsoc.org |access-date=29 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230090649/http://iaeg2006.geolsoc.org.uk/cd/PAPERS/IAEG_046.PDF |archive-date=30 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> surrounded by a big area of [[marsh]]land. ''Hoo'' is a [[Saxons|Saxon]] word believed to mean 'spur of land'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/hoo-peninsula-landscape/ |title=Historic England - The Hoo Peninsula Landscape}}</ref> Hoo features in the [[Domesday Book]].<ref name=glover>''The place names of Kent'', Judith Glover, 1976, Batsford. {{ISBN|0-905270-61-4}}</ref> The peninsula is home to protected wildlife sites. It