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West Malling and its surrounding area
West Malling is an historic mediaeval market town based in West Kent, with a hinterland consisting of the parishes of Addington; Birling; East Malling; Kings Hill; Larkfield; Leybourne; Mereworth; Offham; Ryarsh; Trottiscliffe.
The area is unusual in that East Malling, Larkfield and Kings Hill are substantial communities with their own shops and facilities – however they provide the main commercial and industrial estates, leaving West Malling as a traditional market town offering retail shops, services and hospitality to the surrounding area. There are more than 500 businesses in the Malling area.
The parishes are within the Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council (offices at Kings Hill). The town is actually closer to Maidstone, County Town of Kent, than to Tonbridge; however both are substantial centres within easy reach of West Malling. [1]
Initiatives by topic
Biodiversity
East Malling, Ditton and Barming, blog of wildlife sightings
Communities online
eastmalling.net, independent project providing information and news for residents and visitors of East Malling
East Malling - supporting community projects in East Malling
Community safety
Tonbridge and Malling Community Safety Partnership
Cycling
West Malling on CycleStreets, plan a cycle journey - Bike repair, social enterprise in development (January 2014) at Pilsdon community - see also Social inclusion
Food
Communigrow - Kent Community Supported Agriculture, aims include the current transformation to create a viable market garden run by the local community of Larkfield, Ditton and the Mallings.
Farmer's market:
- Offham Farmers Market at Spadework, 2nd Saturday of the month from April 13 2013
- West Malling Farmers Market, usually on the 4th Sunday of each month
West Malling group on LetsGrow, Landshare
wikia:mallingonline:Malling Harvest Festival Supper, 2010
Localism
West Malling Local Businesses, Shops and Services
Open spaces
Macey's Meadow, renovated community orchard
Social inclusion
Pilsdon at Malling, community, based in West Malling. Christian-based Community with its ideals and ethos taken from the Pilsdon Community in Dorset. The first Pilsdon Community was founded in 1958 as a refuge for those in crisis. See also Cycling
Spadework, independent training organisation, based in Offham, which undertakes tuition in a number of subject areas for adults with Learning Disabilities.
Sustainable transport
traveline south and east, plan a journey
Live departures and arrivals - West Malling, National Rail Enquiries
JourneyCheck West Malling to London Victoria
National Rail Enquiries: Station facilities for West Malling, Station Facilities for East Malling
Resources
Citizens data initiative
Census data 2011, use drill down menus for ward and Census Output Areas
Interwiki links
Wikipedia: West Malling
External links
- Malling Action Partnership, community-based partnership leading to a community-developed vision for the future of West Malling as a market town.
- Tonbridge and Malling Friends of the Earth on facebook
References