Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Maidstone · Region: South East
Explore Linton, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Linton 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 | Linton |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Maidstone |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.217656 |
| Longitude | 0.507293 |
| Place Type | Village |
Linton rests gently in the Kentish countryside, a place where the light seems to linger a little longer on the rolling fields. It lies 6.2 km south of Maidstone (from Maidstone: bearing 189°T, OS grid TQ 752 494), and is situated south-south-east of Coxheath village. The River Len, a slender ribbon of water, traces a quiet path through the landscape, its presence felt in the damp earth and the rustle of reeds. A venerable parish church, its flint walls weathered by centuries, stands as a silent witness to the ebb and flow of life in Linton, its spire a familiar marker against the wide, often cloud-scudded skies. The air here carries the faint, earthy scent of cultivated land, a testament to the agricultural heritage that underpins this corner of England. In its unassuming way, Linton offers a sense of enduring peace, a quietude unbroken save for the distant hum of traffic or the call of a bird overhead.
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Explore Linton, 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: 51.217656, 0.507293. 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. |