Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Ashford · Region: South East
Explore Wissenden, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Wissenden 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 | Wissenden |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Ashford |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.138915 |
| Longitude | 0.728167 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Wissenden, a quiet hamlet in Kent, breathes with the enduring spirit of the South East. It lies 8.5 km north-north-east of Tenterden (from Tenterden: bearing 21°T, OS grid TQ 909 412), and is situated west-north-west of Bethersden village. The roads here, often lined with hedgerows that seem to hold the secrets of forgotten journeys, curve with the subtle undulations of the land, their tarmac softened by the dappled sunlight filtering through ancient oaks. A sense of quiet industry, once perhaps tied to the turning of watermills or the harvest of hop fields, still seems to linger in the air, a faint echo of a past more robust. The very earth beneath one's feet, a rich loam that has sustained generations, lends a grounding solidity to the place, a quiet testament to the agricultural heart of this corner of England. Here, the passage of time feels less like a hurried rush and more like the slow, deliberate growth of the surrounding countryside.
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Explore Wissenden, 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: 51.138915, 0.728167. 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. |