Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Folkestone and Hythe · Region: South East
Explore Whatsole Street, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Whatsole Street 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 | Whatsole Street |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Folkestone and Hythe |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.158895 |
| Longitude | 1.022382 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Whatsole Street emerges as a quiet alignment of dwellings where the chalky spine of the North Downs begins to soften into the Kentish landscape. It lies 6.6 miles north-north-west of Hythe (from Hythe: bearing 337°T, OS grid TR 114 443), and is situated east-south-east of Hastingleigh village. The light here possesses a particular clarity, catching the flint-knapped walls of older cottages and casting long, sharp shadows across the narrow lanes. To the south-east, the elevation of Swinyard's Hill provides a sturdy horizon, its slope rising with a deliberate, muscular grace above the surrounding farmland. Travelers passing through Whatsole Street often notice how the ancient, sunken paths suggest a history shaped more by the movement of livestock and seasonal harvest than by grand ambition. A short distance to the north-west, the presence of the Oval Barrow In Shrub's Wood serves as a silent reminder of the deep, pre-Roman layers that underpin this ground. The air carries a scent of damp earth and crushed leaves, sharpened by the breeze that travels across the open fields from the higher ridges. Whatsole Street remains a place of subtle shifts, where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the turning of the sun against the hedgerows.
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Explore Whatsole Street, 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: 51.158895, 1.022382. 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. |