Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Dover · Region: South East
Explore Snowdown, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Snowdown 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 | Snowdown |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Dover |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.216816 |
| Longitude | 1.212808 |
| Place Type | Village |
Snowdown emerges from the chalky, rolling folds of the Kentish landscape as a place defined by its industrial endurance and quiet resilience. It lies 6.6 miles south-east of Fordwich (from Fordwich: bearing 145°T, OS grid TR 244 513), and is situated south-east of Aylesham village. The high, exposed terrain surrounding Snowdown often catches a restless wind, which sweeps across the open fields with a clarity that sharpens the edges of the distant horizon. To the west, the North Downs Way inlet offers a narrow, verdant passage through the chalk, providing a stark contrast to the utilitarian legacy of the local coal mining history. A short distance to the south, the ancient earthworks of the Rubury Butts Bowl Barrows rise like silent, grass-covered sentinels, watching over the modern transit of the nearby roads. The light here has a particular, pale quality, reflecting off the exposed flint and crushed stone that characterizes the local paths. Snowdown maintains a stoic character, shaped by a past that looked deep into the dark seams of the earth rather than toward the manicured elegance of nearby estates. This rugged identity remains visible in the stark lines of the architecture and the way the sky seems to claim a larger portion of the world than in the sheltered valleys further inland.
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Explore Snowdown, 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: 51.216816, 1.212808. 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. |