Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Canterbury · Region: South East
Explore Rough Common, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rough Common 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 | Rough Common |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Canterbury |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.291107 |
| Longitude | 1.047673 |
| Place Type | Village |
Rough Common, a quiet scattering of dwellings, lies upon the gentle slopes west of Canterbury. It lies 2.5 km west-north-west of Canterbury (from Canterbury: bearing 300°T, OS grid TR 125 590), and is situated north-north-east of Harbledown village. The fields surrounding Rough Common often catch the morning sun with a particular, soft luminescence, illuminating the cultivated land that has sustained it for generations. Though not a market town in itself, the proximity to Canterbury imbues Rough Common with a sense of easy access to the bustle of commerce and the enduring presence of its magnificent cathedral. The air here often carries the faint, earthy scent of ploughed soil, a constant reminder of the agricultural heart that beats beneath the surface of this Kentish landscape.
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Explore Rough Common, 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: 51.291107, 1.047673. 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. |