Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Swale · Region: South East
Explore Bobbing, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bobbing 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 | Bobbing |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Swale |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.350443 |
| Longitude | 0.701551 |
| Place Type | Village |
Bobbing, a quiet corner of Kent, unfolds itself with a gentle grace. It lies 2.6 km west-north-west of Sittingbourne (from Sittingbourne: bearing 296°T, OS grid TQ 882 647), and is situated east-north-east of Keycol village. The land around Bobbing is a patient canvas, where the chalky soil of the North Downs begins to yield to the flatter reaches towards the Swale estuary, a subtle shift in the earth's very breath. A faint scent of damp earth and ripening crops often drifts on the breeze, a testament to the enduring agricultural heart of this place. The village itself, though small, possesses a certain enduring character, its buildings reflecting a quiet continuity rather than dramatic pronouncements. Even the sunlight here seems to fall with a softer edge, illuminating the weathered brick and ancient timbers with a warm, diffused glow.
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Explore Bobbing, 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: 51.350443, 0.701551. 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. |