Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Tunbridge Wells · Region: South East
Explore Broad Ford, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Broad Ford 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 | Broad Ford |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Tunbridge Wells |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.130942 |
| Longitude | 0.448090 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Broad Ford emerges from the low-lying Weald as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the patient geometry of field and lane. It lies 4.3 miles south-east of Paddock Wood (from Paddock Wood: bearing 144°T, OS grid TQ 713 397), and is situated west-north-west of Brandfold village. The landscape here is dominated by the weight of heavy clay soils that hold the winter rains, reflecting a pale, bruised light across the horizon. A short distance away, the Medieval Moated Site At Share Farm remains as a hushed, earthwork memory of long-vanished homesteads. Broad Ford keeps its own counsel, unbothered by the frantic pace of the modern arterial roads that slice through the county. The nearby ruins of the moat suggest a time when the water was a boundary and a fortification rather than a mere decorative feature in the landscape. Sunlight catches the edges of the surrounding orchards, where the rows of trees stand in rigid, disciplined lines that track the contours of the earth. Broad Ford remains a place where the stillness feels intentional, as if the land itself is waiting for the seasons to turn without interference.
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Explore Broad Ford, 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: 51.130942, 0.448090. 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. |