High Street is the central ward that runs through the heart of Maidstone in Kent, England, centred on the town’s main shopping thoroughfare and market area. The built environment mixes Georgian and Victorian facades with more modern shopfronts, and the ward sits close to the River Medway and key cultural venues such as the Hazlitt Theatre and Maidstone Museum, making it a focal point for daytime retail, cafés and occasional events.
Economically it functions as a busy retail and service hub with some office space and a mix of private and social housing nearby; good transport links (including the nearby Maidstone East rail services) keep it well connected. Local conversations tend to revolve around high-street vitality, conservation of historic streetscapes and small-scale regeneration to balance heritage with modern needs.
Postcode districts covering High Street
Most populated places nearby
- Southend-on-Sea 21.2 miles34 km
- Bexley 21.1 miles34 km
- Basildon 20.7 miles33.3 km
- Maidstone 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Gillingham 7.5 miles12 km
- Grays 17 miles27.4 km
- Chatham 6.3 miles10.2 km
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Ashford 17.5 miles28.2 km
- Dartford 18 miles29 km
- Canterbury 24.4 miles39.3 km
- Gravesend 12.4 miles20 km
Neighbouring places
- Maidstone Built-up area 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Tovil Parish 1 mile1.6 km
- Penenden Heath Ward 1 mile1.7 km
- Fant & Oakwood Ward 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Shepway Ward 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Ringlestone Ward 1.2 miles2 km
- Grove Green & Vinters Park Ward 1.2 miles2 km
- Allington & Bridge Ward 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Palace Wood Ward 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Downswood Parish 1.8 miles2.8 km
- Bearsted & Downswood Ward 2 miles3.3 km
- East Farleigh Built-up area 2.1 miles3.3 km
Example postcodes in High Street
ME14 9SP, ME15 6NU, ME15 6LL, ME14 1BL, ME14 1LN, ME15 7SJ, ME15 6EL, ME15 6PX, ME15 7SP … See all
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 22.1 miles35.5 km
- London City Airport 26 miles41.8 km
- Maidstone West Railway Station 0.4 miles0.7 km
- Maidstone East Railway Station 0.6 miles0.9 km
Hotels near High Street Ad
- The Potting Shed Maidstone 3.5 miles5.7 km
- The Black Horse Inn 4 3.1 miles5 km
- Miller & Carter Maidstone by Innkeeper's Collection 4 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Orida Maidstone Hotel 4 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Delta Hotels by Marriott Tudor Park Country Club 4 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Village Hotel Maidstone 4 1.9 miles3 km
- Holiday Inn Rochester Chatham 4 5.4 miles8.8 km
- Weald of Kent 3 6.7 miles10.7 km
- The Farm House 4 5.3 miles8.5 km
- Days Inn Maidstone 3 3.8 miles6.2 km
Schools in High Street
- Maidstone Grammar School Secondary
- South Borough Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- University for the Creative Arts - Maidstone University 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Boxley Abbey Historic site 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Boxley Hills Hill 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Boughton Place Estate 3.7 miles6 km
- Yalding Gardens Gardens 5.6 miles9 km
- Spotlites at Kings Theatre Theatre 7.6 miles12.2 km
- University for the Creative Arts - Rochester University 7.6 miles12.2 km
- Priestfield Stadium Stadium 8 miles12.9 km
- MidKent College - Medway College 8.7 miles13.9 km
- University of Greenwich - Medway University 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Hale Wood Forest 11.5 miles18.5 km
- Pulans Wood Forest 11.6 miles18.7 km