Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Canterbury · Region: South East
Explore Hicks Forstal, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hicks Forstal 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 | Hicks Forstal |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Canterbury |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.331849 |
| Longitude | 1.129588 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Hicks Forstal rests as a quiet whisper in the Kentish landscape. It lies 4.1 km north of Fordwich (from Fordwich: bearing 3°T, OS grid TR 181 638), and is situated south of Herne Common village. The hamlet's gentle rise offers a prospect over fields that, in the late afternoon sun, take on a rich, almost burnished hue, hinting at the fertile soils that have sustained generations. Though small, Hicks Forstal carries the subtle echo of its agricultural past, a quiet testament to the enduring connection between land and livelihood. The air here often carries the faint, sweet scent of distant orchards, a perfume woven into the very fabric of its being.
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Explore Hicks Forstal, 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: 51.331849, 1.129588. 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. |