TQ7575 : Main Road, Cooling
taken 8 years ago, near to Cooling, Medway, England

This road is on the route of National Cycle Network route 179 "The Heron Trail". The route was previously designated as regional cycle route 18.
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King George VI recommended that the old custom of identifying villages with carved or painted name signs could be revived. In 1920, Biddenden had won a Daily Mail competition for a sign featuring the two Biddenden Maids.
More villages followed, especially in 1953, the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. More signs have been put up due to the Millennium. This has meant half of the county villages are identified.]
See also Link , an article on Kent Village Signs
Cooling is a small village located on the chalk ridge of the Hoo Peninsula. Its most notable feature is the 14th century ruined castle. It also possesses a public house and Church.
This is an 18 mile circular route on the Hoo peninsula, bounded by, the Thames to the north and the Medway to the south. Dickens wrote four of his novels including Great Expectations and Tale of two Cities close by and the area was a popular smugglers haunt. The trail provides a combination of rural and maritime interests, medieval houses hiding behind later facades and spectacular views along the route.
The National Cycle Network is a network of cycle routes. It was created by the charity Sustrans Link
(Sustainable Transport), aided by a National Lottery grant.
Many routes aim to minimise contact with motor traffic, though 70% of them are on roads. In some cases the NCN uses pedestrian routes, disused railways, minor roads, canal towpaths, or traffic-calmed routes in towns and cities.
- Grid Square
- TQ7575, 204 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Malc McDonald (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 23 February, 2019 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 24 February, 2019
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 7571 7599
[10m precision]
WGS84: 51:27.3372N 0:31.6585E - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 7570 7599
- View Direction
- EAST (about 90 degrees)
