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Welcome to Yalding

Information about Yalding Parish

Welcome to Yalding Parish

Welcome to Yalding Parish comprising the villages of Laddingford and Yalding together with their respective catchment areas. In total, the Parish covers some 5,238 acres, has an electorate of approximately 2,000 and is situated within the Borough of Maidstone.

We have two primary schools, one pre-school, two playingfields, a doctors’surgery, two churches, a chapel, two village halls, four pubs, an Indian restaurant, a library and information centre, two shops, a teashop, a café and a post office that does not just sell stamps.

Too numerous to mention individually, we have around fifty clubs and societies ranging from The Parent and Baby Group to The Village Pensioners Club. These include fundraising groups, church groups, singing, dancing and music groups, sports clubs, social groups, book clubs, exercise groups, Scouts, Cubs and Beavers, gardening and allotment societies, art and photographic groups, beekeeping enthusiasts and drama productions.

We are lucky enough to be the custodians of 95.6% of all the Common Land within Maidstone Borough.

Elected members are one Kent County Councillor, three Maidstone Borough Councillors and nine Parish Councillors.

There are two Churchwardens, and we share a Vicar with the neighbouring parish of Collier Street. A variety of services is offered ranging in style from traditional to contemporary.

We hope you will find this Welcome Page useful and please sign up to the Parish Database to receive news, lost and found, flood warnings and other useful information at chairman@yaldingparishcouncil.gov.uk

Geraldine Brown
Chairman
Yalding Parish Council
Office number – 01622 814134

Father Paul Kish
Vicar St Peter & St Pauls Church, Yalding with St Mary’s, Laddingford
Office number – 01622 814182