Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Canterbury · Region: South East
Explore Shalmsford Street, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shalmsford Street 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 | Shalmsford Street |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Canterbury |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.252819 |
| Longitude | 1.005536 |
| Place Type | Village |
Shalmsford Street carries a quiet grace, a place where the land itself seems to hold a memory of its past. It lies 5.9 km west-south-west of Canterbury (from Canterbury: bearing 240°T, OS grid TR 098 546), and is situated west-south-west of Chartham village. The subtle curve of the Great Stour river whispers through the surrounding meadows, its waters reflecting a sky that often shifts from pearly grey to a luminous, honeyed gold. Though its origins are ancient, Shalmsford Street today presents a character more of gentle continuity than grand pronouncements, its buildings speaking in hushed tones of generations who have tended this soil. The air here, particularly in the early morning, carries a clean scent of damp earth and distant hedgerows, a subtle perfume that clings to the senses.
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Explore Shalmsford Street, 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: 51.252819, 1.005536. 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. |