Charing Cross Ontario Map

About Charing Cross, Ontario

Charing Cross is a compact rural community in Kent, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Charing Cross is located at 42.3325°N, 82.0978°W.

Charing Cross rests in a gentle hollow, where the land breathes a quiet, fertile sigh. It lies 11.6 km south-south-east of Chatham-Kent, ON (from Chatham-Kent, ON: bearing 167°T), and is situated 10.6 km south-east of Chatham. The fields here, vast and orderly, stretch out under a sky that can shift from the bruised purple of an approaching storm to the pale, washed-out blue of a summer afternoon. Ditches, cleanly cut and running parallel to the roads, carry away the surplus moisture, leaving the rich, dark earth to absorb the sun. The air, especially in late August, carries the sweet, earthy scent of drying corn and the faint, almost imperceptible tang of the nearby lake. Roads, both paved and gravel, trace the land’s subtle contours, connecting clusters of farmhouses and barns that punctuate the landscape like weathered sentinels. The history of Charing Cross is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of this region, a place where generations have coaxed sustenance from the soil. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile ground, established farms that continue to be the lifeblood of the local economy. While farming remains paramount, the proximity to larger centres and the evolving demands of the market have seen a diversification of sorts, with small businesses catering to the needs of the surrounding farms and residents. The legacy of the region’s past is visible not just in the enduring agricultural practices, but in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of the older buildings, each one a quiet testament to resilience and hard work. The evenings here often settle with a profound stillness, broken only by the distant rumble of a combine or the chirping chorus of unseen insects, a soundscape that has remained largely unchanged for decades.

About This Charing Cross Map Page

Explore Charing Cross, Ontario, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 42.3325, -82.097778. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — 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.

Detailed location data for Charing Cross includes the postal code (N7M), telephone area code (226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 382, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 807, 905). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Charing Cross is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.