West Malling
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| District | Tonbridge and Malling |
| Shire county | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WEST MALLING |
| Postcode district | ME |
| Dial code | 01732 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | Tonbridge and Malling |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| List of places: UK • England • Kent | |
West Malling is an historic town in Kent, England.
It contains many historic buildings, including:
- Prior house was once a leper colony. There is currently a group of Anglican Benedictine nuns living in community in West Malling. The abbey consists of some modern buildings as well as a number of very old buildings.
- Ford House in the high street is at least 600 years old
- St Leonard's Tower was built by Bishop Gundolf, who also built Rochester Cathedral and the Tower of London
- Swan Bar was a posting inn back in the 18th century.
During the Second World War, fighters were based at nearby RAF West Malling. This is now being developed as the separate parish of Kings Hill. This is a mixed rat-faced residential housing estate and commercial development. The 2004 Wealth of the Nation report lists Kings Hill, West Malling as having the highest average income and the highest proportion of households earning greater than £100,000 per annum in Great Britain.
West Malling is the site of the first recorded cricket match in Kent.
It is also believed that the setting for the cricket match between All Muggleton and Dingley Dell in Charles Dickens Pickwick Papers was based upon West Malling. There is certainly a resemblance to the West Malling ground in the original illustration of the match.
The image became widely circulated in the mid 1990s on the back of the British £10 note featuring Charles Dickens.
Big Brother 7 contestant Susie Verrico lives in West Malling
[edit] External links
- Local Community Portal/Website, for local news, events and other information maintained daily.
- Malling Action Partnership, or MAP, is a community-based partnership, launched April 3 2006. MAP is currently (July 2006) undertaking a market town (and hinterland) 'Health Check'. This is intended to lead to a community-developed vision for the future of West Malling as a market town, and an action plan. MAP will then help advance community-chosen most-needed projects.
- Wealth of the Nation
- Geograph photo of the Cricket Ground
- West Malling Resource Centre for local information
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Addington • Aylesford • Beltring • Birling • Blue Bell Hill • Borough Green • Burham • Ditton • East Malling • East Malling and Larkfield • East Peckham • Eccles • Golden Green • Hadlow • Hildenborough • Ightham • Kings Hill • Larkfield • Leybourne • Mereworth • Offham • Platt • Plaxtol • Ryarsh • Shipbourne • Snodland • Stansted • Tonbridge • Trottiscliffe • Walderslade • Wateringbury • West Malling • West Peckham • Wrotham • Wrotham Heath |
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| The borough of Tonbridge and Malling List of places in Kent |
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