(Suburban Area)
Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Ashford · Region: South East
Explore New Town, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the New Town 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 | New Town |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Ashford |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.137259 |
| Longitude | 0.882988 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
New Town, a quiet suburban precinct within the Ashford district of Kent, presents a gentle landscape of cultivated fields and modest dwellings. It lies 1.5 km south-south-east of Ashford (from Ashford: bearing 146°T, OS grid TR 017 415). The very air here seems to hold a particular softness, especially in the late afternoon when sunlight, filtered through the leaves of widely spaced trees, paints elongated shadows across the neat lawns. Though its origins are modern, a certain pastoral grace has already settled upon New Town, as if the land itself, accustomed to centuries of quiet cultivation, has readily embraced its new inhabitants. The distant murmur of traffic from the larger town serves only to accentuate the prevailing calm, a subtle reminder of the world beyond the hedgerows. Here, the rhythm of life is measured by the changing seasons and the quiet industry of its residents, a steady, unassuming pulse in the heart of the Garden of England.
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Explore New Town, 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: 51.137259, 0.882988. 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. |