Kingshill Camp, centred at TQ 7768 7309. A Second World War military camp, located between Hoo St Werburgh and the Lodge Hill Royal Naval Armament Depot (Monument 1077634). The camp, just to the south of the crossroads of Ratcliffe Highway and Bells Lane (Deangate crossroads), comprised a cluster of temporary military buildings, including Nissen huts. The buildings were arranged around a rectangular open area, and were supported by earth covered air raid shelters and small gun emplacements, for example at TQ 7772 7297, TQ 7764 7310 and TQ 7776 7320.

For at least part of its existence, Kingshill Camp was occupied by the 347th Searchlight Battery RA, and therefore may be associated with a searchlight battery site located about 600m to the north east (Monument 1545626). The camp has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The area around the camp to the west and north may have been used for training and recreation, and has been recorded separately (Monument 1545618). (1-3)

Kingdhill Camp was set up early in, or just before, the Second World War, and appears on a German map dated 20 November 1940. It was demolished in the 1970s when the area was redeveloped for housing at the northern edge of Hoo St Werburgh. (4-5)

<1> English Heritage, 2013, Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Bibliographic reference). SKE31432.

<2> Historic England, 2012, National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula (Digital archive). SKE32442.

<3> USAAF?, 1944, NMR US/7GR/LOC348 2064-5 27-MAY-1944 (Photograph). SKE56027.

<4> RAF, 1947, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1923 4080 16-JAN-1947 (Photograph). SKE56052.