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Hawkinge Kent Map

Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Folkestone and Hythe · Region: South East

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

How to Use This Hawkinge, Kent Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hawkinge, 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	Hawkinge
Traditional County	Kent
District / Borough	Folkestone and Hythe
Region	South East
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	51.116435
Longitude	1.163933
Place Type	Village

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About Hawkinge

Hawkinge commands a high, windswept ridge of the North Downs, where the air tastes sharply of the nearby Channel. It lies 2.5 miles north-north-west of Folkestone (from Folkestone: bearing 344°T, OS grid TR 215 399), and is situated south-south-east of Densole village. The expansive sky over Hawkinge constantly shifts, casting long, restless shadows across the modern streets that have grown over the foundations of a once-frenetic wartime airfield. Remnants of this aerial past linger in the quietude, particularly near the Kent Battle of Britain Museum, where the ghosts of Hurricanes and Spitfires seem to haunt the cold, grey concrete of the old hangars. Just a short walk away, the Village Green provides a modest, open stage for local life, its manicured grass offering a stark contrast to the wilder, ancient earth of the nearby burial mounds. To the west, the land falls away toward the rugged, chalky spine of the Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment, a SSSI that holds the stubborn, wind-bent flora of the high downs. The horizon here is dominated by the weight of the sky and the constant, invisible pull of the sea, grounding Hawkinge in a landscape that feels both exposed and enduring. Even as new houses occupy the ridge, the underlying chalk remains, a pale, stubborn bone beneath the shifting surface of the Kentish plateau.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Village Green (Park) — 0.2 mi, 162° SSE
Two Bowl Barrows 400M North Of Milgate Farm In Reinden Wood (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 356° N
Kent Battle of Britain Museum (Museum) — 0.6 mi, 242° WSW
Aircraft Hanger Base (Historic Ruins) — 0.6 mi, 241° WSW
Airfield Fire Station (Historic Ruins) — 0.7 mi, 238° WSW
Sole Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 256° WSW
Folkestone To Etchinghill Escarpment Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.1 mi, 222° SW · 263 ha
Cheriton Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 260° W
Palmer's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 149° SSE
The Bateman Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.2 mi, 192° SSW
The Spurgen Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 190° S
Bowl Barrow And Pillbox On Cherry Garden Hill (Scheduled Monument) — 1.3 mi, 198° SSW
Medieval Ringwork With Bailey And Approach Causeway, Incorporating A Bowl Barrow On Castle Hill (Scheduled Monument) — 1.3 mi, 182° S · 4 ha
Other People's Photographs Birkdale Drive (Public Artwork) — 1.5 mi, 185° S
Brabner Park (Park) — 1.9 mi, 144° SE
The Wing (Museum) — 2.2 mi, 124° ESE
Railway Museum (Museum) — 2.3 mi, 237° WSW
Great Shuttlesfield Down Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.4 mi, 285° WNW · 22 ha
Silver Screen Cinema (Cinema) — 2.6 mi, 164° SSE
Folkestone Museum (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 163° SSE
Folkestone Quarterhouse (Theatre) — 2.6 mi, 161° SSE
Folkestone's Fishing Heritage And History Museum (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 159° SSE
Folkestone Beach (Beach) — 2.8 mi, 153° SSE
Leas Cliff Hall (Theatre) — 2.8 mi, 172° S
The Harbour Screen (Cinema) — 2.8 mi, 159° SSE
WW1 Memorial Arch (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 166° SSE
Pent Stream (River) — 2.9 mi, 158° SSE
Sandgate Castle (Castle) — 3.0 mi, 192° SSW
Sandgate Castle 1539 (Castle) — 3.0 mi, 192° SSW
Memorial To Sir John Moore (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 199° SSW

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