Paddock Wood
Ward in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
| Coordinates: | 51.178, 0.402 |
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| OS grid ref: | TQ 67 44 |
| Dialling code: | 01892 (Tunbridge Wells) |
The electoral ward covers Paddock Wood, a small market town in west Kent located between Tonbridge and Maidstone. It grew up around a 19th‑century railway junction and the hop and fruit‑growing trade, so you still see oast houses, hop fields and other rural traces alongside later housing and modern estates.
Today the ward combines a commuter population with light industry and distribution parks, a compact high street of independent shops and pubs, and active local clubs and community groups. Good rail links and the surrounding countryside give it a practical, semi‑rural character that blends historic agricultural roots with contemporary local services.
Postcode districts covering Paddock Wood
Most populated places nearby
- Bexley 22.5 miles36.3 km
- Croydon 24.4 miles39.2 km
- Hastings 22.1 miles35.6 km
- Maidstone 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Gillingham 15.5 miles24.9 km
- Grays 21.4 miles34.5 km
- Chatham 13.9 miles22.3 km
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Ashford 20.6 miles33.2 km
- Dartford 20.1 miles32.3 km
- Gravesend 17.2 miles27.7 km
- Sittingbourne 18.9 miles30.4 km
Neighbouring places
- Paddock Wood Built-up area 0.5 miles0.9 km
- Pearson's Green Built-up area 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Five Oak Green Built-up area 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Matfield Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Brenchley Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Collier Street Parish 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Brenchley and Matfield Parish 2.4 miles3.9 km
- East Peckham Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Benover Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Horsmonden Built-up area 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Hale Street Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Capel Parish 2.9 miles4.7 km
Example postcodes in Paddock Wood
TN12 6HG, TN12 6AN, TN12 6LN, TN12 6FL, TN12 6NP, TN12 6NG, TN12 6NQ, TN12 6HR, TN12 6JJ … See all
Transport links
- London Gatwick Airport 25.2 miles40.5 km
- London City Airport 27.1 miles43.6 km
- Paddock Wood Railway Station 0.6 miles1 km
- Beltring Railway Station 1.8 miles2.9 km
Hotels near Paddock Wood Ad
- The Star and Eagle Hotel 4 5.2 miles8.3 km
- The Carpenters Arms 4 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Smith & Western Tunbridge Wells 4 7.3 miles11.7 km
- One Warwick Park Hotel 4 7.1 miles11.5 km
- The Potting Shed Maidstone 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Royal Wells Hotel 3 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Hotel Du Vin & Bistro Tunbridge Wells 4 6.7 miles10.8 km
- Mercure Tunbridge Wells Hotel 4 4.5 miles7.3 km
- The Spa Hotel 4 7.5 miles12 km
- The Hand & Sceptre by Innkeeper's Collection 4 6.5 miles10.4 km
Schools in Paddock Wood
- Leigh Academy Paddock Wood Primary
Local points of interest
- Yalding Gardens Gardens 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Hale Wood Forest 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Pulans Wood Forest 4 miles6.4 km
- Minepit Wood Forest 4.2 miles6.8 km
- Hayden Wood Forest 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Parsonage Wood Forest 4.6 miles7.4 km
- Court Lodge Estate Estate 5.1 miles8.3 km
- University of Kent - Tonbridge University 5.8 miles9.3 km
- Bayham Abbey Estate 5.9 miles9.4 km
- KCollege - Tonbridge College 6 miles9.6 km
- Boughton Place Estate 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Canterbury Christ Church University - Salomons University 7.1 miles11.4 km