Aylesford is a village and also civil parish on the River Medway in Kent, 4 miles NW of Maidstone in England. Originally a small waterfront negotiation, the old village consists of about 60 homes, a number of which were formerly stores. Two bars, a village store and also various other facilities consisting of a hairdresser, estate representative, two restaurants, a chiropodist as well as a coffeehouse lie on the high street. Aylesford's existing population is about 5,000. The Parish of Aylesford covers more than seven square miles, extending north to Rochester Airport estate and also south to Barming, and has a complete population of over 10,000 (as of 2011), with the primary settlements at Aylesford, Eccles, Blue Bell Hillside Village and (part of) Walderslade. Aylesford Newsprint was a long-established significant employer in the area and also was the biggest paper recycling factory in Europe, manufacturing newspaper for the paper sector. In 2015, Aylesford Paper Mill, as it was known by regional citizens, was shut down as well as removed of all its possessions. Many local family members who had been employed there, in some cases for numerous generations, were influenced.