Kings Hill
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- For the hamlet, see Kings Hill, Rutland.
Kings Hill is a civil parish and one of several new villages built in the Borough of Tonbridge and Malling, Kent since the 1950s (cp Vigo and New Ash Green). Development started in 1989 near West Malling, on land previously occupied by the Ministry of Defence as the airfield RAF West Malling. The plan is for a multi-purpose site of both residential and office/business space. The ultimate aim is to have some 2500 homes and 1 million square feet (93,000 m²) of commercial properties.
Kings Hill has recently become a popular choice for buying a new home, and the parish now has a frequent bus service to and from West Malling, Maidstone, Chatham and Tunbridge Wells. The nearest railway station is located in West Malling, with a regular shuttle bus service operating between Kings Hill and the station during weekdays. Good road linkage to the M20 has meant that travelling times to surrounding places have decreased.
Kings Hill has also become home to several council offices and company headquarters. Kings Hill has, amongst other points of interest, one superstore, ASDA, a public house named "The Spitfire", two primary schools, smaller shops, doctor's surgery, vets, an opticians, chemists, restaurants, cafés and bars.
The 2004 Wealth of the Nation report listed the Kings Hill postcode sector (ME19 4), as having the highest average income and the highest proportion of households earning greater than £100,000 per annum in Great Britain. Although Kings Hill remains conspicuously wealthy it does not appear in the 2006 report.
In common with many newer villages and developments Kings Hill currently lacks a dedicated church and does not constitute an ecclesiastical parish, instead falling predominantly within the parishes of Mereworth and West Malling. In 2003 the Diocese of Rochester of the Church of England appointed the first full-time resident minister to meet the pastoral needs of the growing business and residential community.
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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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