Aylesford is a town and civil parish on the River Medway in Kent, 4 miles NW of Maidstone in England. Initially a small riverside settlement, the old village makes up about 60 residences, most of which were previously stores. 2 pubs, a village store and various other features including a hair stylist, estate agent, two restaurants, a chiropodist and a coffee shop are located on the high street. Aylesford's existing population is about 5,000. The Parish of Aylesford covers more than 7 square miles, stretching north to Rochester Airport estate and south to Barming, and has a complete population of over 10,000 (since 2011), with the primary negotiations at Aylesford, Eccles, Blue Bell Hill Town as well as (part of) Walderslade. Aylesford Newsprint was a long-standing significant employer in the location as well as was the biggest paper recycling factory in Europe, manufacturing newsprint for the paper market. In 2015, Aylesford Paper Mill, as it was known by local homeowners, was shut down as well as removed of all its possessions. Numerous regional family members that had actually been used there, occasionally for numerous generations, were impacted.