Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Tonbridge and Malling · Region: South East
Explore Shipbourne, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shipbourne 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Shipbourne, Kent, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Shipbourne |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Tonbridge and Malling |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.247099 |
| Longitude | 0.284721 |
| Place Type | Village |
Shipbourne reveals its character through the quiet dignity of its sandstone architecture and the expansive openness of its central green. It lies 3.8 miles north of Tonbridge (from Tonbridge: bearing 8°T, OS grid TQ 595 522), and is situated west of Dunk's Green village. The Common provides a wide, grassy foreground to the parish church of St Giles, where the pale Kentish stone catches the low afternoon sun with a luminous, chalky warmth. Beyond the village centre, the land dips toward the secluded sanctuary of Woodcock Bottom, where the air holds a persistent, cool dampness even during the height of summer. The proximity of the Ightham Mote Medieval Moated Site lends a sense of enduring weight to the surroundings, as if the landscape itself were anchored by these ancient, water-bound foundations. Local life centres upon the rhythmic pulse of the weekly farmers' market, an occasion that brings a sharp, communal vitality to the otherwise hushed lanes. Tall, mature trees frame the approaches to Shipbourne, their branches casting long, skeletal shadows across the road as the evening light fades into a deep, bruised violet. This quietude is punctuated only by the occasional passage of a tractor or the distant, steady sound of the wind moving through the neighbouring woodland canopy.
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Explore Shipbourne, 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: 51.247099, 0.284721. 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. |