Traditional county: East Sussex · District / Borough: Wealden · Region: South East
Explore Boarshead, East Sussex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Boarshead map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Boarshead, East Sussex, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Boarshead |
| Traditional County | East Sussex |
| District / Borough | Wealden |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.072718 |
| Longitude | 0.189654 |
| Place Type | Village |
Boarshead sits upon the high, sandstone-ribbed ridges of the Weald, where the air holds the sharp clarity of an elevated plateau. It lies 1.5 miles north-east of Crowborough (from Crowborough: bearing 55°T, OS grid TQ 535 326). Ancient trackways trace the contours of the land here, guiding travellers past the dense, tangled undergrowth of Bream Wood SSSI, where the damp earth exhales a scent of decaying leaves and iron-rich minerals. To the north-east, the quiet expanse of Hamsell Lake mirrors the shifting grey of the English sky, its surface often undisturbed by anything but the sudden strike of a diving bird. The architecture of Boarshead reflects a stoic endurance, with houses built from local stone that seems to darken and deepen in hue whenever the mist rolls in from the coast. Farmers once worked these heavy, clay-bound fields with a stubborn patience, coaxing life from soil that refuses to be rushed or easily tamed. The horizon remains dominated by the distant, jagged silhouettes of woodland, marking the boundary where the cultivated garden fades into the wilder, unmanaged scrub. Boarshead remains a place of quiet transitions, where the modern road cuts through a landscape that remembers the slow, deliberate pace of the old turnpikes.
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Explore Boarshead, East Sussex, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.072718, 0.189654. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |