Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Dover · Region: South East
Explore Selson, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Selson 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 | Selson |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Dover |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.251627 |
| Longitude | 1.298097 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Selson remains a quiet punctuation mark upon the sprawling, fertile lowlands of East Kent. It lies 2.4 miles south-west of Sandwich (from Sandwich: bearing 228°T, OS grid TR 302 554), and is situated north-west of Eastry village. Across the fields, the elevated ridge of Highborough Hill catches the dawn, casting a long, slender shadow that stretches toward the hedgerows of Selson as the day begins. The land here holds the memory of ancient industry, with the nearby Medieval Moated Site at Grove Manor Farm marking the persistence of human tenure across these flat, clay-rich acres. Beneath the wide, restless sky of the South East, the horizon feels perpetually distant, offering a clarity that sharpens the edges of every barn and timbered fence. Travellers passing through might notice the stillness of the water at Black Pond, where the surface tension mirrors the grey-blue shifts of the clouds above. This geography defines the character of Selson, favouring the slow, methodical pace of agriculture over the frantic pulse of the nearby coast. Such spaces command a particular kind of attention, demanding that one observe the subtle alchemy of light changing across the harvested stubble.
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Explore Selson, 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: 51.251627, 1.298097. 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. |