Aylesford
Aylesford is a village and civil parish on the River Medway in Kent, England, 4 miles northwest of Maidstone. Originally a small riverside settlement, the old village comprises around 60 houses, many of which were formerly shops.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 4,550 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, England
- Also known as: “Aylesford, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aylesford and Aylesford railway station.
Aylesford railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aylesford railway station serves the village of Aylesford, in Kent, England. It is a stop on the Medway Valley Line, 38 miles 74 chains down the line from London Charing Cross, via Strood; it is situated between New Hythe and Maidstone Barracks.
Coffin Stone
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Coffin Stone, also known as the Coffin and the Table Stone, is a large sarsen stone at the foot of Blue Bell Hill near Aylesford in the south-eastern English county of Kent.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aylesford Priory and Forstal.
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.
Eccles
Village
Eccles is a village in the English county of Kent, part of the parish of Aylesford, and in the valley of the River Medway. It is between Aylesford village and Burham, both a mile away.
Aylesford
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Aylesford, Tonbridge and Malling District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.30372° or 51° 18′ 13″ northLongitude
0.48264° or 0° 28′ 58″ eastPopulation
4,550Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB AYSOpen location code
9F328F3M+F3OpenStreetMap ID
node 26631300OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Aylesford” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Aylesford”
- Bengali: “আলেসফোর্ড”
- Cebuano: “Aylesford”
- Chinese: “艾尔斯福特”
- Chinese: “艾爾斯福特”
- Dutch: “Aylesford”
- Esperanto: “Aylesford”
- French: “Aylesford”
- German: “Aylesford”
- Gujarati: “આયલ્સફોર્ડ”
- Irish: “Aylesford”
- Italian: “Aylesford”
- Japanese: “アイルズフォード”
- Kannada: “ಅಯೆಲ್ಸ್ಫರ್ಡ್”
- Korean: “에일스포드드”
- Ladin: “Aylesford”
- Lithuanian: “Eilsfordas”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ægeles ford”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ægelesford”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ægelesþrep”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Æȝelesford”
- Persian: “آیلزفورد”
- Polish: “Aylesford”
- Portuguese: “Aylesford”
- Russian: “Эйлсфорд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Aylesford”
- Spanish: “Aylesford”
- Swedish: “Aylesford”
- Tamil: “அய்ல்ஸுபோர்ட்”
- Telugu: “అయ్లెస్ఫోర్డ్”
- Turkish: “Aylesford”
- Urdu: “ایلیسفورڈ”
- Welsh: “Aylesford”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aylesford Community Centre and St Peter’s Church of England Primary School.
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