Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Maidstone · Region: South East
Explore Lower Fant, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lower Fant 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 | Lower Fant |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Maidstone |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.265218 |
| Longitude | 0.507545 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Lower Fant, a tranquil suburb of Maidstone, offers a pleasant respite from the bustling centre. It lies 1.3 km south-west of Maidstone (from Maidstone: bearing 227°T, OS grid TQ 750 547). The landscape here gently rolls, a soft green canvas often catching the low afternoon sun, lending a particular golden hue to the rooftops and the mature trees lining its streets. Though primarily residential, a sense of community persists, perhaps in the murmur of local shops or the shared vista of distant North Downs. The air itself seems to carry a quiet history, a subtle echo of the agricultural lands that once dominated this corner of Kent, where the chalky soil still yields its bounty. Here, the passage of time feels less like a hurried stream and more like a slow, deep river.
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Explore Lower Fant, 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: 51.265218, 0.507545. 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. |