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 miles
- Hastings 22.6 miles
- Maidstone 5.7 miles
- Gillingham 13.2 miles
- Grays 20.7 miles
- Chatham 11.8 miles
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 9.4 miles
- Ashford 18.2 miles
- Dartford 20.2 miles
- Gravesend 16.3 miles
- Sittingbourne 16 miles
- Bexhill-on-Sea 24.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- Collier Street Parish 0.7 miles
- Chainhurst Built-up area 0.7 miles
- Benover Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Hunton Parish 1.9 miles
- Marden Built-up area 2 miles
- Yalding Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Linton Parish 2.4 miles
- Pearson's Green Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Coxheath Built-up area 3 miles
- Coxheath & Farleigh Ward 3.2 miles
- Loose & Linton Ward 3.2 miles
- Paddock Wood Built-up area 3.4 miles
Example postcodes in Marden & Yalding
ME18 6HB, TN12 9GR, TN12 9AA, TN12 9JF, TN12 9EF, TN12 9LH, ME18 5LG, ME15 0QL, ME15 0RU … See all
Transport links
- London City Airport 27.7 miles
- London Southend Airport 27.8 miles
- Marden Railway Station 2 miles
- Beltring Railway Station 2.5 miles
Hotels near Marden & Yalding Ad
- The Potting Shed Maidstone 5.9 miles
- The Star and Eagle Hotel 4 5.7 miles
- The Carpenters Arms 4 6.5 miles
- The Black Horse Inn 4 8.5 miles
- Weald of Kent 3 6.2 miles
- Delta Hotels by Marriott Tudor Park Country Club 4 7.3 miles
- Miller & Carter Maidstone by Innkeeper's Collection 4 6.3 miles
- The George Hotel & Brasserie, Cranbrook 3 7.6 miles
- Orida Maidstone Hotel 4 7.1 miles
- The Farm House 4 7.1 miles
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 miles
- Boughton Place Estate 3.3 miles
- University for the Creative Arts - Maidstone University 5.4 miles
- Hale Wood Forest 5.8 miles
- Pulans Wood Forest 5.9 miles
- Minepit Wood Forest 6 miles
- Hayden Wood Forest 6.2 miles
- Parsonage Wood Forest 6.7 miles
- Court Lodge Estate Estate 7 miles
- Boxley Abbey Historic site 7.6 miles
- Bayham Abbey Estate 8.3 miles
- Bedgebury Walled Garden Gardens 8.3 miles