The ward covers the neighbouring villages of Marden and Yalding in the borough of Maidstone, Kent, England, and is recognisably rural with a strong agricultural heritage - hop fields, orchards and market gardening remain important in the local landscape. Yalding sits where the River Medway meets the River Beult (and nearby River Teise), giving it a picturesque riverside character with timber-framed houses, an old bridge and a history tied to navigation and milling.
Economically it mixes small local businesses, farms and commuters travelling into Maidstone, while socially the villages have active community halls, fetes and volunteer groups. The rivers make the area popular for walking, fishing and canoeing, but also mean periodic flooding has shaped local priorities and led to ongoing community and engineering efforts around resilience and river management.
Postcode districts covering Marden & Yalding
Most populated places nearby
- Bexley 22.9 miles36.9 km
- Hastings 22.6 miles36.4 km
- Maidstone 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Gillingham 13.2 miles21.2 km
- Grays 20.7 miles33.3 km
- Chatham 11.8 miles19 km
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Ashford 18.2 miles29.3 km
- Dartford 20.2 miles32.5 km
- Gravesend 16.3 miles26.2 km
- Sittingbourne 16 miles25.8 km
- Bexhill-on-Sea 24.1 miles38.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Collier Street Parish 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Chainhurst Built-up area 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Benover Built-up area 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Hunton Parish 1.9 miles3 km
- Marden Built-up area 2 miles3.3 km
- Yalding Built-up area 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Linton Parish 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Pearson's Green Built-up area 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Coxheath Built-up area 3 miles4.8 km
- Coxheath & Farleigh Ward 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Loose & Linton Ward 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Paddock Wood Built-up area 3.4 miles5.5 km
Example postcodes in Marden & Yalding
TN12 9PE, ME15 0PH, ME18 6BX, TN12 9PS, TN12 9FN, ME18 6DN, ME18 6BA, TN12 9HF, TN12 9SN … See all
Transport links
- London City Airport 27.7 miles44.5 km
- London Southend Airport 27.8 miles44.7 km
- Marden Railway Station 2 miles3.2 km
- Beltring Railway Station 2.5 miles4.1 km
Hotels near Marden & Yalding Ad
- The Potting Shed Maidstone 5.9 miles9.5 km
- The Star and Eagle Hotel 4 5.7 miles9.2 km
- The Carpenters Arms 4 6.5 miles10.5 km
- The Black Horse Inn 4 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Weald of Kent 3 6.2 miles10 km
- Delta Hotels by Marriott Tudor Park Country Club 4 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Miller & Carter Maidstone by Innkeeper's Collection 4 6.3 miles10.1 km
- The George Hotel & Brasserie, Cranbrook 3 7.6 miles12.2 km
- Orida Maidstone Hotel 4 7.1 miles11.4 km
- The Farm House 4 7.1 miles11.5 km
Schools in Marden & Yalding
- Hunton C of E Primary School Primary
- Laddingford St Mary's C of E Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Leigh Academy Marden Primary
- St Margaret's, Collier Street C of E Voluntary Controlled School Primary
- The Quest School Independent - special
- Yalding, St Peter and St Paul C of E Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Yalding Gardens Gardens 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Boughton Place Estate 3.3 miles5.4 km
- University for the Creative Arts - Maidstone University 5.4 miles8.6 km
- Hale Wood Forest 5.8 miles9.3 km
- Pulans Wood Forest 5.9 miles9.4 km
- Minepit Wood Forest 6 miles9.7 km
- Hayden Wood Forest 6.2 miles10 km
- Parsonage Wood Forest 6.7 miles10.7 km
- Court Lodge Estate Estate 7 miles11.2 km
- Boxley Abbey Historic site 7.6 miles12.3 km
- Bayham Abbey Estate 8.3 miles13.3 km
- Bedgebury Walled Garden Gardens 8.3 miles13.3 km