Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Ashford · Region: South East
Explore Chilham, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Chilham 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 Chilham, 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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Drag the map to pan to any area of Kent or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Chilham and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Chilham |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Ashford |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.244129 |
| Longitude | 0.962208 |
| Place Type | Village |
Timber-framed houses with overhangs that cast long, sharp shadows across the square define the architectural character of Chilham. It lies 5.6 miles west-south-west of Canterbury (from Canterbury: bearing 244°T, OS grid TR 068 536), and is situated south-south-west of Old Wives Lees village. High above the Stour valley, the flint walls of the Norman Keep endure as silent witnesses to the passage of centuries, their weathered surfaces catching the low, pale light of the Kentish afternoon. Below these fortifications, the landscape opens toward the ancient, chalk-layered soil where Julliberrie’s Grave Long Barrow remains a stark, grassy hummock in the fields. Chilham maintains a quiet air of permanence, where the crisp scent of damp earth often drifts from the surrounding orchards. The local geography is marked by a sudden, firm rise in the land, providing a vantage point that once commanded the movement of travellers through the valley floor. Even as the modern world turns elsewhere, the stone masonry of the local architecture retains a cool, dense weight, anchoring the site firmly to its medieval foundations.
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Explore Chilham, 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: 51.244129, 0.962208. 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. |