(Hamlet near Waltham)
Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Ashford · Region: South East
Explore Sole Street, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Sole 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 | Sole Street |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Ashford |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.204485 |
| Longitude | 0.996660 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Sole Street, a quiet hamlet in Kent, draws its character from the gentle sweep of the North Downs. It lies 10.1 km south-west of Canterbury (from Canterbury: bearing 214°T, OS grid TR 094 492), and is situated west-north-west of Waltham village. The air here often carries the subtle scent of distant fields, a testament to the enduring agricultural heart of the region. Ancient hedgerows, like green veins across the landscape, trace the contours of the land, hinting at centuries of cultivation. The light, particularly in the late afternoon, seems to catch the dew on the grass, lending a fleeting, ethereal quality to the ordinary scene. Sole Street exists as a small nod to the pastoral traditions that still hold sway in this corner of England.
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Explore Sole 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: 51.204485, 0.996660. 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. |