(Village near Hoath)
Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Canterbury · Region: South East
Explore Maypole, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Maypole 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 | Maypole |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Canterbury |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.339388 |
| Longitude | 1.162341 |
| Place Type | Village |
Maypole breathes with the quiet persistence of Kentish farmland, a place where the sky feels vast and open. It lies 4.3 km south-east of Herne Bay (from Herne Bay: bearing 145°T, OS grid TR 203 647), and is situated north of Hoath village. The air here often carries the faint, sweet scent of ripening crops, a testament to the rich agricultural heritage that has shaped Maypole. Sunlight, when it breaks through the cloud cover, has a particular softness, gilding the edges of the fields and lending a luminous quality to the weathered brick of old farmhouses. The land itself seems to hold a patient memory, a gentle unfolding of seasons that has marked this corner of England for generations.
Loading news…
Loading news-world…
Loading news-world…
Explore Maypole, 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: 51.339388, 1.162341. 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. |