Aylesford
Aylesford is a village and also civil parish on the River Medway in Kent, 4 miles NW of Maidstone in England. Initially a small riverside settlement, the old town comprises around 60 houses, a lot of which were formerly shops. 2 clubs, a town shop and other amenities including a stylist, estate representative, two restaurants, a chiropodist and also a coffee bar lie on the high street. Aylesford's current population is around 5,000. The Parish of Aylesford covers more than 7 square miles, extending north to Rochester Airport estate as well as southern to Barming, as well as has a total population of over 10,000 (since 2011), with the major settlements at Aylesford, Eccles, Blue Bell Hillside Town and also (part of) Walderslade. Aylesford Newsprint was a long-established significant employer in the area and was the largest paper reusing factory in Europe, producing newspaper for the newspaper industry. In 2015, Aylesford Paper Mill, as it was known by regional residents, was folded and also removed of all its possessions. Lots of regional family members who had actually been used there, in some cases for numerous generations, were affected.