Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Maidstone · Region: South East
Explore Yelsted, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Yelsted 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 Yelsted, 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 | Yelsted |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Maidstone |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.330502 |
| Longitude | 0.617700 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Yelsted emerges as a quiet punctuation mark upon the rolling chalk landscape of Kent, where the land tilts toward the North Downs in a series of subtle, grassy swells. It lies 3.2 miles south-south-east of Gillingham (from Gillingham: bearing 148°T, OS grid TQ 824 622), and is situated west-north-west of Stockbury village. A crisp, pale light often clarifies the horizon here, revealing the nearby slopes of the Queendown Warren SSSI where rare orchids cling to the steep, sun-warmed banks. The atmosphere in Yelsted remains defined by the deliberate pace of its narrow lanes, which seem to hold the stillness of the surrounding orchards long after the harvest has concluded. To the west, the chalky elevation of Purple Hill SSSI provides a natural rampart, its quiet flanks offering a refuge for wildlife that thrives away from the restless transit of the wider world. Ancient hedgerows trace the boundaries of the fields, their tangled branches marking the passage of seasons with a slow, vegetative patience. Yelsted maintains a character of profound seclusion, where the modern hum of the distant coast is softened by the heavy, fertile silence of the inland earth.
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Explore Yelsted, 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: 51.330502, 0.617700. 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. |