(Suburban Area near Staplehurst)
Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Maidstone · Region: South East
Explore The Quarter, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Quarter 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 Quarter |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Maidstone |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.153666 |
| Longitude | 0.551287 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
The Quarter stands as a quiet testament to rural Kent. It lies 11.7 km east-south-east of Paddock Wood (from Paddock Wood: bearing 105°T, OS grid TQ 785 424), and is situated south of Staplehurst village. Here, fields of winter wheat stretch towards a horizon softened by the chalky downs, their surfaces catching the low afternoon sun like brushed pewter. The air carries the faint, sweet scent of distant hop gardens, a fragrance that has long been a signature of this part of England. A few sturdy farmhouses, their brickwork weathered to a gentle rose, punctuate the landscape, their chimneys exhaling thin plumes of woodsmoke. The roads, narrow and winding, seem to follow the land's own contours, leading one deeper into the gentle embrace of the countryside.
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Explore The Quarter, 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: 51.153666, 0.551287. 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. |