Aylesford
Aylesford is a town and also civil parish on the River Medway in Kent, 4 miles NW of Maidstone in England. Originally a small riverside settlement, the old town makes up around 60 residences, a number of which were previously stores. 2 clubs, a town store and also various other amenities including a beautician, estate agent, 2 dining establishments, a chiropodist and also a coffee bar are located on the high street. Aylesford's present population is around 5,000. The Parish of Aylesford covers more than seven 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 Hill Village and also (part of) Walderslade. Aylesford Newsprint was a long-standing major employer in the area and also was the biggest paper recycling factory in Europe, producing newspaper for the paper market. In 2015, Aylesford Paper Mill, as it was understood by regional homeowners, was folded as well as removed of all its properties. Numerous regional households who had actually been employed there, in some cases for several generations, were impacted.