Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Ashford · Region: South East
Explore Ridgeway, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ridgeway 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 | Ridgeway |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Ashford |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.122242 |
| Longitude | 0.960546 |
| Place Type | Village |
Ridgeway breathes with a quiet dignity in the heart of Kent. It lies 6.9 km east-south-east of Ashford (from Ashford: bearing 115°T, OS grid TR 072 400), and is situated west of Smeeth village. The land around Ridgeway undulates with a gentle persistence, fields of gold and green catching the light in a way that suggests ancient husbandry. A subtle scent of damp earth and ripening crops often hangs in the air, a testament to the agricultural spirit that has shaped this corner of England for centuries. The very stones of its older dwellings seem to absorb the pale, diffused sunlight, giving them an inner glow. Here, the passage of time feels less like a hurried march and more like a slow, deliberate turning of the seasons, marked by the changing colours of the surrounding hedgerows.
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Explore Ridgeway, 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: 51.122242, 0.960546. 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. |