Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Sevenoaks · Region: South East
Explore Maplescombe, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Maplescombe 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.
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| Place | Maplescombe |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Sevenoaks |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.356748 |
| Longitude | 0.238952 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Maplescombe remains a quiet pocket of Kentish land where the earth holds the memory of ancient cultivation. It lies 4.0 miles south-east of Swanley (from Swanley: bearing 135°T, OS grid TQ 559 643), and is situated west-north-west of West Kingsdown village. The light here seems to thicken in the autumn, casting long, ochre shadows across the flint-flecked fields that define the horizon. Half a mile to the south-east, the skeletal remains of the Chapel, Maplescombe, stand as a solemn reminder of medieval devotion now surrendered to the encroaching ivy. Further towards the east, the low rumble of engines from the Brands Hatch Circuit occasionally disturbs the stillness, a sharp contrast to the slow, heavy pace of the agricultural calendar. The terrain rises and falls with a deceptive simplicity, guiding the eye toward the distant, rolling edges of the North Downs. Time in Maplescombe possesses a singular, unforced gravity, unaffected by the frantic industry of the nearby motorways. Travelers passing through might miss the subtle transition from the modern world to this older, more deliberate landscape.
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Explore Maplescombe, 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: 51.356748, 0.238952. 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. |