Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Swale · Region: South East
Explore Uplees, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Uplees 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 | Uplees |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Swale |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.343338 |
| Longitude | 0.869369 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Uplees occupies a thin, flat strip of Kentish land where the sky feels unusually wide and pressing against the horizon. It lies 2.2 miles north-north-west of Faversham (from Faversham: bearing 333°T, OS grid TQ 999 643), and is situated north-north-east of Luddenham village. Salt-laden winds scour the low-lying fields, carrying the sharp, metallic tang of the nearby mudflats across the quiet lanes. To the north, the expansive wetland of Uplees Marshes acts as a blurred threshold between the solid earth and the shifting tides of the estuary. The light here often turns a bruised, silvery grey, reflecting off the shallow, winding channels that drain into the Swale. Inland, the industrial ghosts of the Oare Gunpowder Works remind visitors that this lonely terrain once thrived on the volatile alchemy of saltpetre and sulphur. Today, the landscape is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of birds circling over the reed beds and the distant, rhythmic pulse of water pressing against the banks. Uplees remains a place where the geography is dictated by the water’s edge, holding its own against the gradual, patient reclamation of the sea.
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Explore Uplees, 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: 51.343338, 0.869369. 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. |