West Malling
West Malling is a market town in the Tonbridge and Malling district of Kent, England. It has a population of 2,590. The name Malling derives from the Old English meallaingas meaning 'Mealla's people'.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,270 residents
- Description: town and civil parish in Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Town Malling” and “West Malling, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Bull Public House and Malling Abbey.
Malling Abbey
Monastery
St Mary's Abbey, also known as Malling Abbey, is an abbey of Anglican Benedictine nuns located in West Malling, Kent, England. It was founded around 1090 by Gundulf, Bishop of Rochester and dissolved in 1538.
Old County Ground
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Old County Ground is a cricket ground in West Malling, historically called Town Malling, in the English county of Kent. It is known to have been used for cricket matches in 1705 and has been the home ground of Town Malling Cricket Club since their formation in 1827.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Hythe and Aylesford Priory.
New Hythe
Suburb
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Hythe is a village in mid-Kent, England on the banks of the River Medway approximately 5 miles northwest of the county town of Maidstone. It derives its name from the Old English word Hythe, meaning haven or landing place. New Hythe is situated 2 miles northeast of West Malling.
Aylesford Priory
Locality
Aylesford Priory, or "The Friars" was founded in 1242 when members of the Carmelite order arrived in England from Mount Carmel in the Holy Land. Richard de Grey, a crusader, sponsored them, and conveyed to the order a parcel of land located on his manor in Aylesford in Kent. Aylesford Priory is situated 2½ miles east of West Malling.
Barming Heath
Suburb
Barming Heath is an area of western Maidstone in Kent, England. Its parish church is dedicated to St Andrew. Barming Heath is situated 3½ miles southeast of West Malling.
West Malling
- Categories: civil parish, market town, and locality
- Location: West Malling, Tonbridge and Malling District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.2954° or 51° 17′ 44″ northLongitude
0.40946° or 0° 24′ 34″ eastPopulation
2,270Elevation
161 feet (49 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB WMLOpen location code
9F327CW5+5QOpenStreetMap ID
node 27297468OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“West Malling” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “West Malling”
- Basque: “West Malling”
- Bengali: “ওয়েস্ট ম্যালিং”
- Cebuano: “West Malling”
- Chinese: “西莫林”
- Chinese: “西莫灵”
- Chinese: “西莫靈”
- Dutch: “West Malling”
- French: “West Malling”
- German: “West Malling”
- Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમ મોલિંગ”
- Irish: “Malling Thiar”
- Italian: “West Malling”
- Japanese: “ウェストモーリング”
- Kannada: “ವೆಸ್ಟ್ ಮಲ್ಲಿಂಗ್”
- Korean: “웨스트 맬링”
- Ladin: “West Malling”
- Lithuanian: “Vest Malingas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “West Malling”
- Norwegian: “West Malling”
- Persian: “وست مالینگ”
- Polish: “West Malling”
- Portuguese: “West Malling”
- Romanian: “West Malling”
- Russian: “Уэст-Моллинг”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Malling”
- Slovenian: “West Malling”
- South Azerbaijani: “وست مالینق”
- Spanish: “West Malling”
- Swedish: “West Malling”
- Tamil: “மேற்கு மால்லிங்”
- Telugu: “వెస్ట్ మల్లింగ్”
- Turkish: “West Malling”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ ماللنگ”
- Volapük: “West Malling”
- Welsh: “West Malling”
- “West Malling”
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