Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Folkestone and Hythe · Region: South East
Explore Gibraltar, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gibraltar 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 | Gibraltar |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Folkestone and Hythe |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.107804 |
| Longitude | 1.152127 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Gibraltar, a quiet hamlet in Kent, exhales a gentle presence. It lies 3.5 km north-west of Folkestone (from Folkestone: bearing 326°T, OS grid TR 207 390), and is situated south-west of Hawkinge village. The air here, tinged with the distant tang of the Channel, often carries a particular clarity, sharpening the edges of the low chalk hills that surround it. Fields, stitched with hedgerows, unfurl like ancient maps under a sky that can shift from a pale, watery blue to the bruised hues of an approaching storm. Life in Gibraltar moves with the unobtrusive cadence of the seasons, a rhythm felt in the subtle changes of light upon the humble dwellings and the quiet contemplation of the surrounding countryside.
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Explore Gibraltar, 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: 51.107804, 1.152127. 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. |