Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Ashford · Region: South East
Explore The Forstal, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Forstal 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 | The Forstal |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Ashford |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.114717 |
| Longitude | 0.925039 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
The Forstal, a quiet corner of Kent, exhales a gentle breath of settled life. It lies 5.3 km south-east of Ashford (from Ashford: bearing 135°T, OS grid TR 048 391), and is situated south-west of Mersham village. The land hereabouts, a gentle incline towards the south, is marked by the patient cultivation of fields, their green hues shifting with the passing sun, hinting at the agricultural heritage that has shaped this locale. The houses of The Forstal, many of them red-brick dwellings with chimneys that occasionally puff out the faint, comforting scent of woodsmoke, cluster in a manner that suggests generations of families have found their peace here. A particular charm resides in the way the late afternoon light catches the weathered timber of older farm buildings, lending them a certain dignity, as if they too remember the turning of the seasons.
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Explore The Forstal, 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: 51.114717, 0.925039. 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. |