Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Canterbury · Region: South East
Explore Palmstead, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Palmstead 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Palmstead, 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.
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| Place | Palmstead |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Canterbury |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.193102 |
| Longitude | 1.101033 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Palmstead emerges from the chalky folds of the Kentish landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the high, wide skies of the North Downs. It lies 6.1 miles south of Canterbury (from Canterbury: bearing 171°T, OS grid TR 167 483), and is situated east-south-east of Bossingham village. The character of Palmstead is held in the stillness of its immediate surroundings, where the air often carries the damp, mossy scent of nearby Covet Wood. To the southwest, the undulating terrain of Lynsore Bottom SSSI provides a sanctuary for rare flora, grounding the hamlet in a deep, undisturbed ecology. The light here seems to sharpen as it hits the exposed fields, illuminating the flint-knapped walls that have weathered the seasons for generations. Ancient tracks trace the edges of the parish, marking a pace of life that remains tethered to the slow rotation of the agricultural year. Palmstead keeps its secrets in the shadow of these rising slopes, where the horizon is rarely broken by anything more than the flight of a buzzard or the silhouette of a distant hedge. Each turning lane reminds one that Palmstead exists as a singular point of calm, far removed from the hurried transit of the modern world.
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Explore Palmstead, 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: 51.193102, 1.101033. 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. |