Isle of Grain

Isle of Grain (Old English Greon, meaning gravel) is a village and the easternmost point of the Hoo Peninsula within the district of Medway in Kent, south-east England. No longer an island and now forming part of the peninsula, the area is almost all marshland and is a major habitat for diverse wetland birds. The village constitutes a civil parish, which at the 2011 census had a population of 1,648, a net decrease of 83 people in 10 years.

For the peninsula sometimes referred to as the Isle of Grain, see Hoo Peninsula.

Isle of Grain
St James Church
Isle of Grain
Location within Kent
Population1,648 (2011)
OS grid referenceTQ8876
Civil parish
  • Isle of Grain
Unitary authority
  • Medway
Ceremonial county
Region
  • South East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townROCHESTER
Postcode districtME3
Dialling code01634
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
  • Rochester and Strood
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