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Meresborough Kent Map

Traditional county: Kent · Unitary authority: Medway · Region: South East

Explore Meresborough, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Meresborough 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.

This page also offers OS MAPS — Ordnance Survey Outdoor mapping and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets — plus a labelled National Grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.

Interactive Map of Meresborough, Kent

How to Use This Meresborough, Kent Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Meresborough, Kent, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

Drag the map to pan to any area of Kent or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Meresborough and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.

OS MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows OS Outdoor mapping — contours, footpaths, bridleways and access land. Explorer 1:25k shows the OS Explorer sheets themselves: the orange-covered 1:25 000 maps walkers, fell runners and mountain rescue teams use, with field boundaries, rights of way and open access land. The search box finds any British town, village or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Meresborough.

Reading the map like a paper Explorer sheet. Click Grid to overlay the OS National Grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference such as NY 266 234 by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an OS National Grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what mountain rescue and the coastguard work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your grid reference stays correct even where the map itself cannot load, which in the Lakes, the Dales and the Highlands is often exactly where you need it.

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PlaceMeresborough
Traditional CountyKent
Unitary AuthorityMedway
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.348363
Longitude0.612471
Place TypeHamlet

About Meresborough

Meresborough remains a quiet fragment of the Kentish landscape, where the shifting light of the North Downs plays across open fields and narrow, hedge-lined lanes. It lies 2.1 miles south-east of Gillingham (from Gillingham: bearing 135°T, OS grid TQ 820 642), and is situated south-west of Moor Street village. The terrain here holds a persistent, ancient stillness, defined by the slow transition from the urban reach of the Medway towns into a more reticent, agricultural expanse. To the south-east, the chalky slopes of Queendown Warren Sssi provide a sanctuary for rare orchids and butterflies, their vibrant presence a sharp contrast to the muted tones of the local flint walls. Meresborough occupies a subtle ridge, catching the breeze that rolls in from the Thames Estuary and carries the faint, salt-tinged memory of the river. A short distance to the west, the greenery of Rainham Park offers a lingering reprieve from the encroaching sprawl of modern transit. The architecture here favors red brick and slate, reflecting a long-standing reliance on the fertile soil that has shaped the character of the inhabitants for centuries. This corner of the county keeps its own counsel, unconcerned by the frantic pace of the motorways that skirt its edges.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Rainham Park (Park) — 0.6 mi, 260° W
  • Kenilworth Gardens (Park) — 0.8 mi, 306° NW
  • Queendown Warren Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.9 mi, 150° SSE · 22 ha
  • Oasthouse Theatre (Theatre) — 0.9 mi, 357° N
  • Purple Hill Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.3 mi, 203° SSW · 15 ha
  • Culvers Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.3 mi, 063° ENE
  • Hurst Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.7 mi, 055° NE
  • Spekes Bottom (Valley) — 1.9 mi, 291° WNW
  • cultivator (Public Artwork) — 2.1 mi, 209° SSW
  • A Romano-Celtic Temple At Boxted (Scheduled Monument) — 2.3 mi, 062° ENE
  • Ringwork And Baileys At Church Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 2.4 mi, 137° SE · 2 ha
  • A Romano-British Villa At Boxted (Scheduled Monument) — 2.5 mi, 063° ENE · 2 ha
  • Upper Shawstead Farm (Historic Ruins) — 2.6 mi, 270° W
  • Monkdown Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.7 mi, 219° SW
  • Horsham Marsh (Wetland) — 2.7 mi, 028° NNE
  • Squirrel Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.8 mi, 166° SSE
  • Ferol Peak (Wetland) — 3.2 mi, 350° N
  • Jezreel's Tower (Historic Ruins) — 3.2 mi, 304° NW
  • Kent Showground (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 199° SSW
  • Halstow Creek (River) — 3.6 mi, 052° NE
  • River Medway (River) — 3.7 mi, 339° NNW
  • Operation Sunsetters Spot (Viewpoint) — 3.7 mi, 216° SW
  • Bishop Saltings (Beach) — 3.9 mi, 352° N
  • Webbend Ditch Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.9 mi, 088° E
  • Gillingham Town Centre (High Street) (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 313° NW
  • Great Lines Heritage Park (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 307° NW
  • Couvre Port Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.3 mi, 308° NW
  • Old Brook Pumping Station (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 303° WNW
  • Royal Engineers Museum (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 313° NW
  • Spur Battery Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 4.4 mi, 306° NW

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About This Meresborough Map Page

Explore Meresborough, 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: 51.348363, 0.612471. 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.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any British town, village or landmark by name; offers OS Outdoor and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled OS National Grid so the map can be read like a printed Explorer sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an OS National Grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the grid reference remains correct even where the map cannot load.

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 builtOctober 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; OS Outdoor and OS Explorer 1:25 000 via the OS Maps API — contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights; magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.