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Birchington Kent Map

Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Thanet · Region: South East

Explore Birchington, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Birchington 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.

Interactive Map of Birchington, Kent

How to Use This Birchington, Kent Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Birchington, 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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PlaceBirchington
Traditional CountyKent
District / BoroughThanet
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.371717
Longitude1.300734
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Birchington

Sea-mist often clings to the chalk cliffs where Birchington keeps its steady watch over the North Sea. It lies 3.6 miles west-south-west of Margate (from Margate: bearing 253°T, OS grid TR 298 688), and is situated north-north-west of Acol village. Beneath the expansive, pale Kentish sky, the wind carries the salt-tang of the coast across the low-lying fields. Ancient echoes linger in the soil, marked by the presence of the Group Of Ring Ditches 400Yds (360M) Nw Of Great Brooks End Farm, which offer a silent, earthen record of those who walked these plains long before modern roads were laid. Birchington maintains a quiet dignity, its character shaped by the intersection of agricultural heritage and the encroaching tide. Sunlight catches the verdant leaves in the nearby Rossetti Gardens, casting long, shifting shadows that soften the edges of the high street. Nearby, the Quex Park Settlements stand as a reminder of the deep human history embedded in this particular stretch of the island. The atmosphere remains tethered to the rhythm of the tides, grounding the daily life of the inhabitants in a landscape that feels both enduring and remarkably thin-skinned against the elements.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Rossetti Gardens (Park) — 0.3 mi, 022° NNE
  • Group Of Ring Ditches 400Yds (360M) Nw Of Great Brooks End Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 258° WSW · 9 ha
  • Ring Ditches And Enclosures 500Yds (450M) Ese Of College Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 169° S · 10 ha
  • The White Tower (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 099° E
  • Powell-Cotton Museum (Museum) — 0.7 mi, 120° ESE
  • Waterloo Tower (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 124° SE
  • Brooksend Stream (River) — 1.3 mi, 266° W
  • Quex Park Settlements (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 096° E · 16 ha
  • Wade Marsh (Wetland) — 1.7 mi, 262° W
  • Carlton Cinema (Cinema) — 1.7 mi, 065° ENE
  • Ethelbert Square (Park) — 1.8 mi, 067° ENE
  • Thanet Coast Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.8 mi, 274° W · 817 ha
  • Telegraph Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.2 mi, 153° SSE
  • Monkton Field Study Centre (Museum) — 2.2 mi, 209° SSW
  • Wade Marsh Stream (River) — 2.5 mi, 267° W
  • RAF Manston Museum (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 127° SE
  • Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 125° SE
  • Minster-in-Thanet Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 2.9 mi, 167° SSE
  • Monkton Marshes (Wetland) — 3.2 mi, 199° SSW
  • Docker Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.3 mi, 199° SSW
  • Margate Beach (Beach) — 3.4 mi, 070° ENE
  • The Scenic Railway (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 074° ENE
  • Dreamland Margate (Theme Park) — 3.5 mi, 074° ENE
  • Crab Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 070° ENE
  • Margate Caves (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 071° ENE
  • Stourmouth Valley (Valley) — 4.0 mi, 220° SW
  • Drapers Windmill (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 082° E
  • Cut End (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.1 mi, 227° SW
  • Homersham Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.4 mi, 248° WSW
  • Reculver Towers (Historic Ruins) — 4.4 mi, 277° W

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About This Birchington Map Page

Explore Birchington, 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: 51.371717, 1.300734. 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 builtSeptember 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.