Aylesford is a village as well as civil parish on the River Medway in Kent, 4 miles NW of Maidstone in England. Initially a tiny riverside negotiation, the old town comprises about 60 homes, much of which were previously shops. Two bars, a village shop and various other amenities including a hairdresser, estate representative, two restaurants, a chiropodist and a coffeehouse are located on the high street. Aylesford's current population is about 5,000. The Parish of Aylesford covers more than 7 square miles, extending north to Rochester Airport estate and south to Barming, and has a complete population of over 10,000 (as of 2011), with the main negotiations at Aylesford, Eccles, Blue Bell Hillside Town and (part of) Walderslade. Aylesford Newsprint was a long-established significant company in the location as well as was the biggest paper recycling factory in Europe, producing newsprint for the paper sector. In 2015, Aylesford Paper Mill, as it was recognized by neighborhood homeowners, was shut down as well as stripped of all its properties. Numerous neighborhood family members who had been used there, often for several generations, were impacted.