Aylesford
Aylesford is a village and civil parish on the River Medway in Kent, 4 miles NW of Maidstone in England. Originally a little riverside settlement, the old village consists of around 60 houses, most of which were previously shops. Two clubs, a town store and also other services consisting of a beautician, estate representative, 2 restaurants, a chiropodist as well as a coffee shop are located on the high street. Aylesford's existing population is about 5,000. The Parish of Aylesford covers more than seven square miles, stretching north to Rochester Airport estate and also south to Barming, and also has a total population of over 10,000 (since 2011), with the main settlements at Aylesford, Eccles, Blue Bell Hillside Village as well as (part of) Walderslade. Aylesford Newsprint was a long-established major employer in the location and also was the largest paper recycling manufacturing facility in Europe, making newsprint for the newspaper market. In 2015, Aylesford Paper Mill, as it was understood by regional homeowners, was closed down as well as removed of all its properties. Many local households who had been employed there, occasionally for a number of generations, were affected.
