Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Maidstone · Region: South East
Explore Boxley, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Boxley 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 Boxley, 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 | Boxley |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Maidstone |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.302341 |
| Longitude | 0.543098 |
| Place Type | Village |
Boxley retains a quiet composure beneath the North Downs, where the chalky earth meets the verdant swell of the Kentish landscape. It lies 2.2 miles north-north-east of Maidstone (from Maidstone: bearing 26°T, OS grid TQ 773 589), and is situated west-north-west of Detling village. Ancient flint and sturdy ragstone define the architecture here, grounding the houses in a geology that has persisted for centuries. To the east, the dense canopy of Boxley Wood offers a cool, shadowed refuge, its tangled roots and mossy hollows contrasting with the open fields that stretch toward the horizon. The Cistercian Abbey at Boxley remains a silent witness to a monastic past, its surviving ruins casting long, contemplative shadows across the nine hectares of land it once commanded. Sunlight often catches the pale limestone of these remnants, giving the stone a ghostly, translucent quality that shifts with the passing clouds. Residents often walk the paths where medieval monks once laboured, maintaining a link to a time when the rhythm of the day was dictated by the tolling of a bell. Boxley exists in a state of comfortable equilibrium, balancing the preservation of its storied foundations with the persistent, quiet growth of the modern day.
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Explore Boxley, 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: 51.302341, 0.543098. 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 | September 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. |