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.
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| 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 emerges from the Kentish landscape as a collection of homes defined by the quiet reach of the North Downs. It lies 1.6 miles 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 air here carries the faint, cool breath of Church Wood, where the dense canopy marks the western edge of the local horizon. Sunlight filters across the residential lanes, illuminating the modest gardens that replace the heavy, ancient timber of the past. To the south, the earth rises toward the prominence of Golden Hill, offering a vantage point that catches the shifting moods of the sky above the cathedral spires. History rests lightly upon the ground, punctuated by the lingering memory of earthworks like Bigberry Camp, which hold the silence of a deeper, iron-forged age. Rough Common maintains a distinct composure, balancing the proximity of scholarly Canterbury with the slow, deliberate pulse of its own verdant surroundings.
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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 | 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. |