Adjacent to Southern water spring on Cooling road

Shows clearly the relationship between Northward Hill and the North Kent Marsh, and specifically how this creates a natural roost in the wooded hill for the colony of breeding Herons and Little Egrets close to the rich feeding ground of the Marsh. 270˚ views of Dalham Farm, Dalham Farm SSSI Northward Hill, Buck hole Farm East borough Farm River Thames North Kent Marshes SPAs

Start of RS46 Ropers lane

An important feature of High Halstow is its prominent position on the eastern escarpment of the North Kent Downs overlooking the North Kent Marshes and River Thames. A branch line linked Sharnal Street Station with the oil refinery at Berry Wiggins which closed in 1977. Berry Wiggins had purchased the site from the MOD which used the site for an Air Ship base in WWI.
Solomons Farm and buildings mark the railway intersection between the Hundred of Hoo Railway and the old Chattenden & Upnor, and was the main railway connection for Lodge Hill the Munitions storage facility for Chatham Naval Dockyard. The working Farm included an example of one of the original bridges across the railway line and access for Public Rightof Way (no. RS347) and is adjacent to the site of the old Sharnal Street railway station and two further examples of railway bridges, at one time, carrying the main road traffic on and off the peninsula. In recent years this valley has been used to route the main electrical feed from the Peninsula’s power stations. 90˚ views of Solomons Farm’ site of Chattenden & Upnor railway line, south flank of High Halstow.

Ropers green lane /RS44

The southern extremity of High Halstow Parish with views to the industrial site of Hoo St Werburgh once MOD land. 180˚ vies of Belluncle Halt, Kingsnorth power station’ River Medway

Raw sewage, a consequence of over development?

Raw sewage on footpath in High Halstow

For a long time High Halstow has been saddled with the problem of inadequate drainage. At one time, when the village was small, sewage treatment was dealt with by a treatment plant at the bottom of White Road deep in the woods and now part of the RSPB Northward Hill holdings directly adjacent to the Northward Hill SSSI National Nature Reserve.

Some time ago the direction of the sewage flow in the village was diverted away from the White Road treatment plant towards a pumping station in Medway ave. Residents of Medway Aue will attest to the times there has been a problem here with the inconvenience of sewage lorries travelling back and forth at all times of the day and night.

We hope that in the future that developers and the water authority will be aware of exacerbating the sewage problem and make sufficient sustainable changes to the way our sewage is treated.