Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Canterbury · Region: South East
Explore Waltham, Kent with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Waltham 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 Waltham, 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 | Waltham |
| Traditional County | Kent |
| District / Borough | Canterbury |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.198003 |
| Longitude | 1.016482 |
| Place Type | Village |
Waltham holds a quiet gravity in the chalky folds of the Kentish Downs, where the air tastes of salt and crushed flint. It lies 6.3 miles south-south-west of Canterbury (from Canterbury: bearing 206°T, OS grid TR 108 486), and is situated south-west of Petham village. The landscape here is defined by high, expansive ridges that catch the low autumn sun, casting long, sharp shadows over the flint-knapped walls of the local architecture. To the west, the slopes of Hobbs' Hill rise to meet the sky, offering a stark vantage point over the patchwork of fields that have supported local agriculture for centuries. Ancient earthworks, such as the bowl barrows in Eggringe Wood, sit silently under the canopy, their weathered mounds marking a history that predates the tidy lanes of the modern parish. Waltham retains a modest, unshowy character, its houses gathered around narrow roads that seem to follow the natural contours of the earth rather than the dictates of a map. The nearby Yockletts Bank SSSI provides a rare sanctuary for chalk-loving flora, where the earth gives way to a vibrant, brittle beauty during the warmer months. Life in Waltham persists with a steady, deliberate pace, anchored by the church spire that punctuates the horizon like a steady heartbeat against the shifting clouds.
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Explore Waltham, 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: 51.198003, 1.016482. 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. |