Cooling, Kent

Cooling
The Horseshoe and Castle pub
Cooling Location within Kent
Population	216 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	TQ755760
Civil parish	Cooling
Unitary authority	Medway
Ceremonial county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ROCHESTER
Postcode district	ME3
Dialling code	01634
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Rochester and Strood
List of places UK England Kent 51°27′19″N 0°31′34″E / 51.4553°N 0.5262°E / 51.4553; 0.5262

Cooling is a village and civil parish on the Hoo Peninsula, overlooking the North Kent Marshes, 6 miles north northwest of Rochester, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 209, which increased to 216 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

Cooling was recorded in the Domesday Book^[2] when it was held by Bishop Odo of Bayeux (half-brother of William the Conqueror). The most notable surviving feature of the village is Cooling Castle, built on the edge of the marshes during the 12th century to defend the neighbouring port of Cliffe from the threat of French raiders.