Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Dover · Region: South East
Explore Barfrestone, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Barfrestone 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.
| Place | Barfrestone |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Dover |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.206768 |
| Longitude | 1.236007 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Barfrestone, a quiet corner of Kent, holds its secrets close. It lies 10.1 km north-north-west of Dover (from Dover: bearing 330°T, OS grid TR 261 502), and is situated west of Elvington village. Here, the land, a gentle sweep of chalk downland, catches the morning sun with a peculiar clarity, transforming the dew-kissed fields into a fleeting, shimmering sea. The ancient church of St Nicholas, a robust stone sentinel, anchors Barfrestone, its flint walls weathered by centuries of coastal winds that whisper across the fields. Life in Barfrestone moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, the agricultural rhythms dictating the day, a quiet testament to the enduring connection between the people and the earth they tend. The air here carries the faint, clean scent of distant fields, a promise of harvest and the quiet satisfaction of a day's honest work.
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Explore Barfrestone, 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: 51.206768, 1.236007. 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 | June 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. |