Traditional county: London · Unitary authority: Greater London · Region: London
Explore Barnes Cray, London with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Barnes Cray 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 | Barnes Cray |
| Traditional County | London |
| Unitary Authority | Greater London |
| District / Borough | Bexley |
| Region | London |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.456831 |
| Longitude | 0.194818 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Barnes Cray, a quiet corner of London's Bexley district, rests where the land begins to soften its urban edge. It lies 3.6 km west of Dartford (from Dartford: bearing 271°T, OS grid TQ 525 753), and is situated north-east of Coldblow village. The subtle undulations of its terrain, a gentle sigh after the more insistent contours of Kent, cradle a landscape that feels both ordered and quietly wild. A faint scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke often hangs in the air, a persistent whisper of the rural past that underpins Barnes Cray's suburban present. The sky here seems to hold a particular quality, especially in the late afternoon, when the light catches the rooftops with a muted, golden hue, as if the very clouds are breathing softly upon the place. Even the ordinary streets of Barnes Cray possess a certain gravity, a sense of lives lived and stories unfolding beneath the ordinary gaze.
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Explore Barnes Cray, London, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.456831, 0.194818. 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. |