Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Ashford · Region: South East
Explore Folly Town, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Folly Town 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 | Folly Town |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Ashford |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.167734 |
| Longitude | 0.985377 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Folly Town remains a singular fragment of the Kentish landscape, where the chalky earth meets the persistent, windswept sky of the North Downs. It lies 5.1 miles east-north-east of Ashford (from Ashford: bearing 75°T, OS grid TR 088 451), and is situated west-north-west of Hastingleigh village. The sunlight here often catches the pale flint of local walls, casting long, sharp shadows that emphasize the stark, geological reality of this elevated ground. To the south-west, the hidden, verdant depression of Fishponds Bottom serves as a quiet reminder of how water has carved the limestone over deep cycles of time. Beyond the immediate curtilage of the houses, the horizon is dominated by the expansive, high-reaching ridges of the Wye and Crundale Downs SSSI, which hold a rare, ancient stillness against the prevailing westerly winds. Folly Town feels less like a conventional cluster of homes and more like a solitary outpost positioned at the confluence of history and geology. The air carries a distinct, sharp clarity, stripped of humidity by the heights, which renders the distant views toward the Weald both fragile and immense. Each season reveals a different character in the soil, from the biting frost that clings to the tracks in winter to the scorched, pale grasses that define the plateau during the height of July.
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Explore Folly Town, 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: 51.167734, 0.985377. 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. |