Traditional county: East Sussex · District / Borough: Wealden · Region: South East
Explore Folkington, East Sussex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Folkington 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.
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| Place | Folkington |
| Traditional County | East Sussex |
| District / Borough | Wealden |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.813638 |
| Longitude | 0.213444 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Folkington reveals itself as a quiet collection of flint and brick, held in the long, pale shadow of the South Downs. It lies 1.5 miles west-south-west of Polegate (from Polegate: bearing 247°T, OS grid TQ 560 039), and is situated east-south-east of Wilmington village. This peaceful enclave exists entirely within the protected expanse of the South Downs National Park, where the chalky earth dictates the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons. To the south, the deep scoop of Folkington Bottom catches the evening light, draining the heat from the grass as the sun dips behind the ridge. The land here feels ancient and heavy, particularly toward the west where the prehistoric bulk of the Hunters' Burgh Long Barrow rises from the turf like a slumbering earthwork. Winter winds often scour the slopes, yet the sheltered hollows remain remarkably still, preserving a silence that is rarely broken by the modern world. Folkington keeps its own counsel, defined more by the shifting textures of the sky and the stubborn resilience of its rolling topography than by the encroaching reach of nearby roads. The nearby trees, gnarled by years of exposure, lean away from the prevailing breeze, marking the boundary between the cultivated fields and the wilder, higher reaches of the downs.
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Explore Folkington, 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: 50.813638, 0.213444. 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. |