Traditional county: Kent · Unitary authority: Medway · Region: South East
Explore Borstal, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Borstal 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 | Borstal |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| Unitary Authority | Medway |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.372965 |
| Longitude | 0.489677 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Borstal, a quiet corner of Kent, exhales a gentle presence to those who know it. It lies 2.1 km south-south-west of Rochester (from Rochester: bearing 207°T, OS grid TQ 733 667). The land here, a soft tapestry of greens and browns, falls away towards the Medway, a waterway that has witnessed centuries of passage, its surface reflecting the ever-shifting moods of the English sky. Ancient hedgerows, like whispered secrets from a forgotten age, trace the contours of the fields, their tangled branches offering refuge to unseen birdsong. The air often carries a faint, earthy scent, a reminder of the fertile soil that has sustained Borstal and its inhabitants through seasons of change.
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Explore Borstal, 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: 51.372965, 0.489677. 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. |