Borough of Maidstone
Shown within Kent
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Kent
Area: - Total	Ranked 119th 393.33 km²
Admin. HQ:	Maidstone
ONS code:	29UH
Demographics
Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 120th 142,800 363 / km²
Ethnicity:	97.3% White 1.1% S.Asian
Politics
Maidstone Borough Council http://www.digitalmaidstone.co.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Liberal Democrat / Independent
MPs:	Hugh Robertson, Ann Widdecombe

Maidstone is a local government district and borough in Kent, England. Its administrative centre is Maidstone. Maidstone is the County town of Kent, and County Hall is located here. grid reference TQ760560 Image File history File links KentMaidstone. ... For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ... The region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity of England in the United Kingdom. ... South East England is one of the nine official regions of England. ... For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ... Area is the measure of how much exposed area any two dimensional object has. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by area. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... For other uses, see Maidstone (disambiguation). ... The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data. ... For other uses, see Density (disambiguation). ... The figures are mid-year estimates for 2005, unless otherwise stated, from the Office for National Statistics [1]. See also: List of towns and cities in England by population - List of English counties by population - List of ceremonial counties of England by population - List of English districts by area - List... Arms of Maidstone Borough Council. ... The United Kingdom is divided into four parts, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... Hugh Robertson (born 9 October 1962, Canterbury) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Ann Noreen Widdecombe (born 4 October 1947) is a British Conservative Party politician. ... Non-metropolitan districts or commonly Shire districts are a type of local government district in England. ... Look up Borough in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Maidstone (disambiguation). ... A county town is the capital of a county in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the former municipal borough of Maidstone with the rural districts of Hollingbourne and Maidstone. They also have a great football team. is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... A borough is a political division originally used in England. ...

Position

The Borough covers an area generally to the east and south of the town of Maidstone: as far north as the M2 motorway; east down the M20 to Lenham; south to a line including Staplehurst and Headcorn; and west towards Tonbridge. Generally speaking, it lies between the North Downs and the Weald, and covers the central part of the county. The M20 motorway crosses it from west to east, as does the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. For other uses, see Maidstone (disambiguation). ... There are also M2 motorways in Northern Ireland and Australia The M2 motorway is a motorway in England. ... The M20 motorway is a major road in England. ... Lenham Cross on the Downs Lenham is a market village in Kent situated on the southern edge of the North Downs, halfway between Maidstone and Ashford. ... Staplehurst could be: Staplehurst, Nebraska Staplehurst, Kent, England This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Headcorn is a fairly large compact village, some ten miles SE of Maidstone in Kent. ... Tonbridge is a market town in the English county of Kent, with a population of 31,600 in 2001. ... Geology of the South East, Chalk is light green (6) A cross-section , showing the Wealden Dome, and relating it to the towns of Kent The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills located in south east England that stretch for 120 miles (190 km) from Hampshire through Surrey... A weald once meant a dense forest, especially the famous great wood once stretching far beyond the ancient counties of Sussex and Kent, England, where this country of smaller woods is still called the Weald. ... A Eurostar train on the CTRL, near Ashford The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) is a project to construct a 108 km (67 mile) high-speed railway line from London through Kent to the British end of the Channel Tunnel. ...

Geologically, the Greensand ridge lies to the south of the town. The very fine sand provides a good source for glass-making. The clay vale beyond, through which flow the three rivers which meet at Yalding; the chalk - the Medway, the Beult and the Teise; and the chalk North Downs all provide raw materials for paper- and cement-making; which are also local industries. Greensand is an olive-green coloured sandstone rock which found in narrow bands, particularly associated with bands of chalk and clay in northern and western Europe. ... This article is about the material. ... Yalding is a village and part of Yalding Civil Parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. ... Rivers in Kent, showing the Medway. ... For other uses, see Paper (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Cement (disambiguation). ...

Borough divisions

The borough is divided into wards: some wards are within the town of Maidstone urban area; the remainder cover rural districts.

Town wards

The Maidstone town wards are: Allington; Bridge; Downswood & Otham (1); East; Fant; Heath; High Street; North; Park Wood; Shepway North; Shepway South; and South. Allington is the name of several settlements in the United Kingdom: Allington, in Dorset Allington, in Kent Allington, in Lincolnshire Allington, near Chippenham in Wiltshire Allington, near Devizes in Wiltshire Allington, near Salisbury in Wiltshire This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might... Downswood is a village near the town of Maidstone in Kent, England. ... Otham is a village near the town of Maidstone in Kent, England. ...

Rural wards

The village wards are:

• Barming (1)
• Boughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton
• Broomfield & Kingswood
• Coxheath (1) & Hunton
• Detling parish
• Downswood & Otham (1)
• Headcorn (1)
• Harrietsham (1) & Lenham (1)
• Loose
• Marden & Yalding
• North Downs
• Staplehurst (1)
• Sutton Valence & Langley
• Thurnham parish (1)
  • (1) Villages having a parish council (PC). Within wards above Bredhurst; East Farleigh; Stockbury; Tovil; West Farleigh; and Ulcombe also have a.PC.
  • The following villages in the district have no parish council; such as Hucking, Bicknor, Frinsted, Otterden, Wichling & Wormshill .

Barming is a village that is part of the borough of Maidstone, the county town of Kent in England. ... The village and civil parish of Boughton Monchelsea is in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. ... Chart Sutton is a small village on the edge of the Weald of Kent, approximately 5 miles to the south of Maidstone. ... Broomfield is a village in the Maidstone District of Kent, England, and forms part of the civil parish of Broomfield and Kingswood. ... Kingswood is a village in the Maidstone District of Kent, England and forms part of the civil parish of Broomfield and Kingswood. ... Coxheath is a village near the town of Maidstone in Kent, England. ... Hunton, as a person, may refer to: Eppa Hunton (1822-1908), an American politician and general Hunton, as a place, may refer to: Hunton, Kent Hunton, Richmondshire, a village in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England Category: ... Detling the home Kent County Showground, lies on the Pilgrims Way under the shelter of the North Downs. ... Downswood is a village near the town of Maidstone in Kent, England. ... Otham is a village near the town of Maidstone in Kent, England. ... Headcorn is a fairly large compact village, some ten miles SE of Maidstone in Kent. ... Harrietsham (pop 1,352 1991 est. ... Lenham Cross on the Downs Lenham is a market village in Kent situated on the southern edge of the North Downs, halfway between Maidstone and Ashford. ... For an up-to-date list of articles on places in Kent see Category:Towns in Kent and Category:Villages in Kent and Category:Kent. ... Marden is a village to the south of Maidstone. ... Yalding is a village and part of Yalding Civil Parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. ... Geology of the South East, Chalk is light green (6) A cross-section , showing the Wealden Dome, and relating it to the towns of Kent The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills located in south east England that stretch for 120 miles (190 km) from Hampshire through Surrey... Staplehurst could be: Staplehurst, Nebraska Staplehurst, Kent, England This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Sutton Valence is a village 5 miles SE of Maidstone, Kent, England. ... Langley is an Kent village 4 miles SE of Maidstone, on the road between the latter and Headcorn. ... The village and ancient parish of Thurnham lies at the foot of the North Downs three miles NE of Maidstone in Kent. ... Bredhurst is a village in Kent, England that forms part of the Borough of Maidstone. ... East Farleigh is a village near the town of Maidstone in Kent, England. ... Stockbury is a village near the town of Maidstone in Kent, England. ... Tovil is a suburb of the town of Maidstone, the county town of Kent in the South East of England. ... West Farleigh is a village 4 miles southwest of Maidstone in the county of Kent. ... Ulcombe is a village near the town of Maidstone in Kent, England. ...

Transport

Water

The River Medway was the earliest form of transport through the area. It was navigable for cargo-carrying craft as far upstream as Tonbridge, and it was only in the 19th century that the railways brought any change. More recently, various works have been carried out to control the frequent flooding in the clay vale upstream of Maidstone. Tonbridge is a market town in the English county of Kent, with a population of 31,600 in 2001. ...

Roads

Maidstone, as its importance warranted, has been the hub of roads for many centuries. It lies very close to the Pilgrims' Way; and two Roman roads met south of the town: one from Rochester to Hastings the other branching off to the East Kent coast and Dover. The Pilgrims Way is reputedly the route taken by pilgrims to the shrine of Thomas Becket from Winchester in Hampshire to Canterbury in Kent, England. ... Not to be confused with Romans road. ... For other uses, see Hastings (disambiguation). ... , Dover is a major channel port in the English county of Kent. ...

In the 18th Century came the turnpiked roads. One of the earliest in the county - that to Rochester and Chatham - was opened in 1728. A toll road, turnpike or tollpike is a road on which a toll authority collects a fee for use. ... , Rochester is a town in Kent, England, at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway about 30 miles (50 km) from London. ... , Chatham is a large English town that developed around an important naval dockyard on the east bank of the River Medway to the south-east of London in the county of Kent. ... Events Astronomical aberration discovered by the astronomer James Bradley Swedish academy of sciences founded at Uppsala The founding of the University of Havana (Universidad de la Habana), Cubas most well-established university. ...

In modern times, two motorways - the M2 and the M20 - pass to the far north of the borough and just north of the town centre of Maidstone respectively.

Railways

The earliest line through Kent was built by the South Eastern Railway. It was not, however, built to pass through Maidstone: instead, a station was built at Paddock Wood, then named Maidstone Road, some six miles away. It was only in the period between 1844 (when that main line was connected by a branch line to Maidstone) and 1884 that Maidstone became a hub once more, although with local trains only, to Strood, Ashford and (via Swanley Junction to London. The London and Greenwich Railway (LGR) and the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway (CWR) in East Kent were the earliest railways to serve the then county of Kent: eventually both became parts of the South Eastern Railway (SER). ... Statistics Population: 33182 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TQ725695 Administration District: Medway Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Kent Historic county: Kent Services Police force: Kent Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: South East Coast Post office and telephone Post town: ROCHESTER... , The town of Ashford lies on the River Great Stour, M20 motorway, South Eastern Main Line and Channel Tunnel Rail Link railways, in the borough of Ashford, located just south of the North Downs, in Kent, England. ...

External links

• Maidstone Borough Council
• The County of Kent (Electoral Changes) Order 2004

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