Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Folkestone and Hythe · Region: South East
Explore Hemsted, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hemsted 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hemsted, 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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| Place | Hemsted |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Folkestone and Hythe |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.136545 |
| Longitude | 1.057579 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Hemsted remains a quiet assembly of dwellings caught in the slow, deliberate turn of the Kentish landscape. It lies 4.6 miles north-north-west of Hythe (from Hythe: bearing 346°T, OS grid TR 140 419), and is situated east of Stowting village. The terrain here rises in measured swells, defined by the heavy, loamy soil that has long dictated the pace of local agriculture. Ancient earthworks linger in the periphery, including the Roman Barrow positioned just to the north-west, where the grass seems to grow a shade deeper against the mound’s curve. To the south-west, the rise of Cobb’s Hill commands the view, offering a vantage point over the fields where the light often flattens into a pale, bruised violet at dusk. Hemsted holds its own stillness, far removed from the sharp salt-air of the coast, existing instead in a pocket of land governed by the cycles of the nearby woods. These slopes, punctuated by the shadows of West Wood, give the horizon a jagged, uneven edge that shifts with the seasons. Such geography leaves the hamlet exposed to the wind, yet grounded in a history that avoids the noise of the modern thoroughfare.
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Explore Hemsted, 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: 51.136545, 1.057579. 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. |