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Chattenden

Chattenden
Rough Shaw from Cooling Court Road - geograph.org.uk - 1067830.jpg
Looking over Rough Shaw towards Chattenden
Chattenden is located in Kent
Chattenden
Chattenden
Chattenden shown within Kent
OS grid reference TQ758722
Civil parish
  • Hoo
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ROCHESTER
Postcode district ME3
Dialling code 01634
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Kent
51°25′23″N 0°30′58″E / 51.423°N 0.516°E / 51.423; 0.516Coordinates: 51°25′23″N 0°30′58″E / 51.423°N 0.516°E / 51.423; 0.516

Chattenden is a small village in Hoo Parish, in the unitary authority of Medway in South East England. It was, until 1998, part of Kent and is still ceremonially associated via the Lieutenancies Act. It is in the civil parish of Hoo St. Werburgh. It lies to the north of the A228 and the village of Wainscott, at the top of Four Elms Hill.

Chattenden means 'Forest Settlement' from the elements ceto and ham dun. It is recorded in 1100 as Chetindunam, and Chatindone in 1281.

Turning left on the A228 on the brow of Four Elms Hill, leads onto Kitchener Road, that eventually leads itself to the Great Chattenden Woods, designated as an SSSI, due to the diversity of insects, birds, plants and trees found there. To the south of Chattenden is Towerhill Wood, also known as Coxham Wood, with has Public Footpaths that lead into Lower Upnor, where the Arethusa Venture Centre and the Medway Yacht Club (MYC) are located. Along the A228, (which becomes the Ratcliffe Highway in Chattenden), was once a pub known as 'The Old George'.

In 1875, the War Office built five magazines on a hillside at Chattenden. This facility expanded and a nearby site at Lodge Hill was established in 1899. These sites, which became known as Chattenden and Lodge Hill Military Camps, were put up for sale in 2016.

Chattenden and Upnor Railway


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