Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Maidstone · Region: South East
Explore Friningham, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Friningham 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 | Friningham |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Maidstone |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.297541 |
| Longitude | 0.605968 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Friningham rests in the gentle embrace of Kent's countryside, a quiet sentinel east of the bustling county town. It lies 6.5 km east-north-east of Maidstone (from Maidstone: bearing 65°T, OS grid TQ 817 586), and is situated east of Detling village. The land here, under a sky that can shift from the softest dove-grey to a startling, luminous blue, rolls with a quiet dignity, the fields a patchwork of greens and golds that speak of generations of patient cultivation. A faint scent of damp earth and ripening grain often drifts on the breeze, a humble perfume of the agricultural heart that beats within Friningham. Though small, Friningham carries the subtle imprint of its past, a quiet testament to the lives that have unfolded here, their stories whispered by the rustling leaves of ancient oaks.
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Explore Friningham, 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: 51.297541, 0.605968. 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. |