Aylesford
Aylesford is a village and also civil parish on the River Medway in Kent, 4 miles NW of Maidstone in England. Initially a little riverside settlement, the old town consists of about 60 homes, most of which were previously stores. 2 bars, a village shop as well as various other facilities including a beautician, estate representative, 2 dining establishments, a chiropodist as well as a coffeehouse are located on the high street. Aylesford's current population is around 5,000. The Church of Aylesford covers more than seven square miles, stretching north to Rochester Airport estate and also 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 Town as well as (part of) Walderslade. Aylesford Newsprint was a long-standing major company in the location as well as was the biggest paper reusing factory in Europe, manufacturing newspaper for the newspaper market. In 2015, Aylesford Paper Mill, as it was understood by neighborhood residents, was shut down as well as stripped of all its possessions. Several neighborhood family members who had been utilized there, often for a number of generations, were affected.
