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West Malling and its surrounding areaWest 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] Sustainability initiatives
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Initiatives by topicBiodiversityEast Malling, Ditton and Barming, blog of wildlife sightings Climate action
Setting Climate Committments for Tonbridge and Malling, Quantifying the implications of the United Nations Paris Agreement for Tonbridge and Malling, Feb 2020 carbonbudget.manchester.ac.uk Opportunities to reduce energy use, stimulate economy, cut bills & reduce running costs of buildings, transport & industry thereby creating a happier, healthier, more prosperous place, & tackling climate change. pcancities.org.uk Communities onlineeastmalling.net, independent project providing information and news for residents and visitors of East Malling East Malling - supporting community projects in East Malling Community safetyTonbridge and Malling Community Safety Partnership - e-watch.co Tonbridge and Malling Cycling activismWest Malling on CycleStreets, plan a cycle journey - Bike repair, social enterprise in development (January 2014) at Pilsdon community - see also Social inclusion Environment qualityReport a problem on the road or pavement - kent.gov.uk Food activismCommunigrow - 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:
West Malling group on LetsGrow, Landshare wikia:mallingonline:Malling Harvest Festival Supper, 2010 Health and wellbeing
LocalismWest Malling Local Businesses, Shops and Services Open spacesError in widget Vimeo: Unable to load template 'wiki:Vimeo'
Macey's Meadow, renovated community orchard - East Malling Residents' Action Group Social inclusionPilsdon 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 activismtraveline 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 |
News and comment2019 Malling parkrun Event #200 includes "an amazing number of donated food bank items for the Trussell Trust". Read the "moving item" in Malling park run Event #199 [2] 2018  Kent: We could build more than a million homes on brownfield land… so why aren’t we? Feb 28 [3] 2017 14% of Tonbridge and Malling is 'Built on', compared to 6% nationally, Nov 9 [4] 2016 Following West Malling Parish Council's decision to produce a Neighbourhood Plan, and the formal approval process, the Parish Council is asking residents 4 questions to help start the process. You can see a summary of answers from West Malling residents who attended the event on 3rd July, but also still give your answers via the PC website. See our talk page for a sample response, October. East Malling Green Belt Questionaire 2014 Communigrow still needs more 'friends'. If you live locally and might be interested in this local food project please get in touch, December 8 [5] EventsRegular events 2nd Saturday of the month - Offham Farmers Market at Spadework 4th Sunday of each month (usually, but December earlier) - West Malling Farmers Market 2015  April 11 - 365 Reasons to grow, buy and eat local food, fun ways to co-create a book. Communigrow workshop (in Ditton) in collaboration with Sustainable Malling. 2014 December 14 - West Malling Farmers Market (see also regular events) December 6 - Festival of Fair Trade and Local
ResourcesCitizens data initiativeThriving Places Index, Tonbridge and Malling, 2020 summary scores, thrivingplacesindex.org added 17:53, 19 March 2020 (UTC) Automatic search suggestions for TheyWorkForYou, FixMyStreet, and WriteToThem, when you enter your postcode on www.mysociety.org. eg mysociety.org Census data 2011, use drill down menus for ward and Census Output Areas West Malling Poverty and Index of Multiple Deprivation data from the Church Urban Fund MapsPoverty Map from the Church Urban Fund. (Enter location eg 'West Malling, Egland', then zoom out to see whole and neighbouring parishes) VideoError in widget Vimeo: Unable to load template 'wiki:Vimeo'
More Video: Macey's Meadow Apple Fest 2015 on youtube See also
Interwiki linksWikipedia: West Malling External links
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