Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Folkestone and Hythe · Region: South East
Explore Maxted Street, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Maxted Street 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 | Maxted Street |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Folkestone and Hythe |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.161517 |
| Longitude | 1.039219 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Maxted Street lies quietly in Kent’s rolling landscape, a place where fields often catch the gentle slant of afternoon light. It lies 10.5 km north-north-west of Hythe (from Hythe: bearing 343°T, OS grid TR 126 446), and is situated north of Stowting village. The air here, particularly in the early morning, carries the faint, earthy perfume of damp soil and distant hedgerows, a scent that seems to cling to the very stones of the few dwellings that constitute Maxted Street. These homes, often rendered in warm brick or traditional flint, seem to absorb the muted colours of the surrounding countryside, their roofs a pleasing mosaic against the shifting greens and golds of the arable land. The quietude of Maxted Street is punctuated only by the occasional call of a bird or the distant hum of agricultural machinery, a soundscape that speaks of a life lived in close communion with the land.
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Explore Maxted Street, 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: 51.161517, 1.039219. 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. |