Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Thanet · Region: South East
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| Place | Acol |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Thanet |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.356140 |
| Longitude | 1.312773 |
| Place Type | Village |
Acol persists as a quiet outpost of chalk and flint, caught in the wide, exposed light of the Thanet plateau. It lies 3.6 miles south-west of Margate (from Margate: bearing 234°T, OS grid TR 307 671), and is situated north-north-west of Mount Pleasant village. The horizon here is vast and stripped of artifice, allowing the sun to bleach the fields until the earth appears pale and brittle. Centuries of agricultural toil have flattened the surrounding topography, yet the earth still holds secrets, such as the ancient ring ditches and enclosures that lie just a short walk from College Farm. The presence of the nearby Waterloo Tower serves as a vertical anchor, its silhouette rising above the trees to break the unrelenting horizontal sweep of the sky. Acol retains a singular stillness that feels removed from the frenetic energy of the nearby coast, favouring the slow rotation of the seasons over the noise of modern progress. Residents move through these lanes with the steady gait of people accustomed to the open weather, unbothered by the lack of grand architecture. Even the air in Acol seems to carry a bracing, saline quality, a reminder that the North Sea is never truly distant from the islanded character of this corner of Kent.
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Explore Acol, Kent, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.356140, 1.312773. 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. |