Aylesford
Aylesford is a town and civil parish on the River Medway in Kent, 4 miles NW of Maidstone in England. Initially a small waterfront settlement, the old village makes up around 60 houses, a number of which were previously stores. Two bars, a village shop as well as other facilities consisting of a beautician, estate agent, two dining establishments, a chiropodist as well as a coffeehouse lie on the high street. Aylesford's existing population is around 5,000. The Church of Aylesford covers more than 7 square miles, stretching north to Rochester Airport estate as well as south to Barming, and has a total population of over 10,000 (since 2011), with the major settlements at Aylesford, Eccles, Blue Bell Hillside Town and also (part of) Walderslade. Aylesford Newsprint was a long-established significant employer in the area and also was the biggest paper reusing factory in Europe, producing newspaper for the paper sector. In 2015, Aylesford Paper Mill, as it was recognized by regional homeowners, was closed down as well as removed of all its assets. Many local families that had been used there, occasionally for a number of generations, were impacted.
