Aylesford is a town and also civil parish on the River Medway in Kent, 4 miles NW of Maidstone in England. Originally a little riverside negotiation, the old village makes up around 60 houses, most of which were previously shops. Two clubs, a town store as well as various other services including a stylist, estate representative, 2 dining establishments, a chiropodist and also a coffee shop lie on the high street. Aylesford's existing population is about 5,000. The Church of Aylesford covers greater than 7 square miles, stretching north to Rochester Airport estate and southern to Barming, as well as has an overall population of over 10,000 (as of 2011), with the major settlements at Aylesford, Eccles, Blue Bell Hillside Village and (part of) Walderslade. Aylesford Newsprint was a long-established major employer in the location and was the biggest paper recycling factory in Europe, producing newspaper for the paper industry. In 2015, Aylesford Paper Mill, as it was understood by neighborhood residents, was shut down as well as removed of all its properties. Many local family members who had actually been utilized there, sometimes for a number of generations, were affected.