It is located in the municipality of Voorne aan Zee, about 3 km north of Hellevoetsluis city centre.

The village was first mentioned in 1390 as "van den nuwen hoern", and is named after the shoals south of the eponymous polder which was created in 1386.

In 1851, the transept and choir were demolished to be replaced by a consistory in neoclassic style.

Fort Noorddijk is a fortress built between 1883 and 1884 to protect the mouth of the Maas and Haringvliet.

It became home to an art and antique dealer who used to windmill as a billboard.