Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Folkestone and Hythe · Region: South East
Explore West Hythe, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Hythe 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for West Hythe, Kent, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | West Hythe |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Folkestone and Hythe |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.069067 |
| Longitude | 1.032027 |
| Place Type | Village |
West Hythe carries the lingering quiet of a landscape where the sea has long since retreated, leaving behind a marshland floor that catches the pale, slanted light of the Kentish sky. It lies 2.2 miles west of Hythe (from Hythe: bearing 266°T, OS grid TR 125 343), and is situated south-south-east of Lympne village. The Royal Military Canal, West Hythe Dam To West Hythe Bridge, cuts a deliberate, silver line through the low-lying fields, its reflective surface mirroring the shifting clouds above the bank. Nearby, the skeletal remains of St Mary’s Church, West Hythe, stand as a hollowed sentinel, its flint walls weathering under the salt-touched winds that sweep in from the coast. To the north, the Lympne Escarpment SSSI rises abruptly, a verdant wall of earth and chalk that guards the transition from the reclaimed wetlands to the higher, wooded ridges. This geography creates a unique interplay between the damp, fertile soil of the valley and the firmer ground above, where the air feels thinner and sharper. Through the seasons, the water in the canal thickens with reeds, and the silence of the surrounding pastures is broken only by the distant, rhythmic calls of animals from the nearby reserve. West Hythe remains a place of singular perspective, caught between the memory of the tide and the steady endurance of the inland hills.
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Explore West Hythe, 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: 51.069067, 1.032027. 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. |