Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Dover · Region: South East
Explore Sholden, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Sholden 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 | Sholden |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Dover |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.223863 |
| Longitude | 1.375801 |
| Place Type | Village |
Sholden, a quiet enclave in Kent's Dover district, carries the gentle cadence of rural England. It lies 1.7 km west of Deal (from Deal: bearing 274°T, OS grid TR 358 526), and is situated north-east of Great Mongeham village. The arable fields surrounding Sholden often catch the low, honeyed light of late afternoon, turning the landscape into a softly glowing expanse. Its modest church, St Nicholas, stands as a quiet sentinel, its stone weathered by seasons and the distant murmur of the sea. The village itself unfolds with a sense of unhurried grace, its houses arranged with an unassuming order, hinting at generations who have trod these paths. A palpable sense of continuity pervades Sholden, a feeling that the land has been tended with a patient hand for a very long time.
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Explore Sholden, 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: 51.223863, 1.375801. 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. |