Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Canterbury · Region: South East
Explore Highstead, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Highstead 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 | Highstead |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Canterbury |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.351783 |
| Longitude | 1.177919 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Highstead, a quiet hamlet in Kent, breathes the ancient air of the Canterbury district. It lies 4.2 km east-south-east of Herne Bay (from Herne Bay: bearing 121°T, OS grid TR 213 662), and is situated north-west of Boyden Gate village. The land around Highstead rolls with a gentle, almost imperceptible rise, suggesting the slow, deliberate work of millennia rather than any sudden upheaval. Here, hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and dog rose, trace the boundaries of fields where the light, in late afternoon, can possess a particular honeyed quality, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the still air. The very soil seems to hold a quiet resilience, accustomed to the turning seasons and the steady rhythm of agricultural life that has shaped Highstead for generations.
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Explore Highstead, 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: 51.351783, 1.177919. 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. |