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Heath Side Kent Map

Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Dartford · Region: South East

Explore Heath Side, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Heath Side 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.

Interactive Map of Heath Side, Kent

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Heath Side, Kent, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

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PlaceHeath Side
Traditional CountyKent
District / BoroughDartford
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.432952
Longitude0.187271
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Heath Side

Heath Side reveals itself as a quiet confluence of suburban order and the wilder, sandy remnants of the Kentish plateau. It lies 2.5 miles north-north-east of Swanley (from Swanley: bearing 14°T, OS grid TQ 521 727), and is situated east-north-east of Joyden's Wood village. The geography here is defined by a gentle, sloping elevation that draws the eye toward the horizon, where the afternoon sun catches the fine, pale dust of the earth. Only a short walk to the north, the sprawling expanse of Dartford Heath offers a vast, open breathing space that tempers the domesticity of the local streets. The residential lines of Heath Side are punctuated by mature trees that shudder and sigh whenever the wind channels through from the Thames estuary. To the south-east, the verdant, rolling character of Wilmington Common provides a soft boundary, contrasting sharply with the structured brickwork of the houses. There is a peculiar, lingering silence in the gardens at dusk, as if the land remembers the ancient, untamed scrub that once dominated this corridor of the county. This intersection of modern living and lingering natural history ensures that Heath Side remains a distinct, understated presence on the map.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Dartford Heath (Park) — 0.2 mi, 005° N
  • Wilmington Common (Park) — 0.4 mi, 125° SE
  • Wansunt Pit Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.7 mi, 334° NNW · 2 ha
  • Great Mount (Hill / Mountain) — 1.0 mi, 184° S
  • Faesten Dic, A Medieval Frontier Work In Joydens Wood (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 254° WSW · 3 ha
  • Propella (Public Artwork) — 1.2 mi, 346° NNW
  • Faesten Dic (Historic Ruins) — 1.2 mi, 253° WSW
  • Joyden's Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 1.4 mi, 242° WSW
  • Hall Place (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.4 mi, 310° NW · 15 ha
  • Brooklands Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.5 mi, 083° E
  • Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre (Theatre) — 1.5 mi, 005° N
  • Dartford Borough Museum and Library (Museum) — 1.5 mi, 063° ENE
  • Orchard West Theatre (Theatre) — 1.5 mi, 055° NE
  • Swanley Bottom (Valley) — 1.6 mi, 151° SSE
  • Hall Place and Gardens (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 312° NW
  • Stanham River (River) — 1.7 mi, 027° NNE
  • Dovecote At Hawley Manor (Scheduled Monument) — 1.8 mi, 106° ESE
  • Dartford Fresh Marshes (Wetland) — 2.1 mi, 041° NE
  • River Shuttle (River) — 2.4 mi, 286° WNW
  • Howbury Moated Site (Scheduled Monument) — 2.5 mi, 013° NNE
  • Dartford Salt Marshes (Wetland) — 2.6 mi, 026° NNE
  • St Botolph's Church, Ruxley (remains of) (Historic Ruins) — 2.7 mi, 237° WSW
  • St John's Jerusalem (Attraction) — 2.8 mi, 124° SE
  • Broom Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.9 mi, 173° S
  • Red House (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 302° WNW
  • Farningham Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.2 mi, 156° SSE · 74 ha
  • The Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.2 mi, 295° WNW
  • Erith Deep Wharf (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 358° N
  • Showcase Bluewater (Cinema) — 3.6 mi, 086° E
  • Metropolitan Police Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 271° W

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About This Heath Side Map Page

Explore Heath Side, 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: 51.432952, 0.187271. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.