Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Ashford · Region: South East
Explore West Cross, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Cross 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 | West Cross |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Ashford |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.054908 |
| Longitude | 0.617778 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
West Cross, a quiet hamlet in Kent's Ashford district, exhales a gentle stillness. It lies 4.8 km west-south-west of Tenterden (from Tenterden: bearing 254°T, OS grid TQ 835 316), and is situated west-north-west of Rolvenden village. The land here rolls with a soft, green persistence, the hedgerows a deeper, richer hue under the diffused English light. Though small, West Cross carries the quiet dignity of a place that has simply endured, its few dwellings seemingly grown from the very earth. The air often carries the faint, sweet scent of damp soil and distant fields, a perfume of rural continuity. Its existence is a subtle whisper against the grander pronouncements of history, a testament to the enduring presence of simple life.
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Explore West Cross, 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: 51.054908, 0.617778. 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. |