The historic town of West Malling - Kent lies in the Tonbridge and Malling district of the county of Kent. It is an area teeming with many historic buildings, including St. Leonard's Tower, which was a Norman structure built around 1080 or thereabouts. Additionally, in 1090, and abbey for Benedictine nuns was erected in the town area.
There are a number of significant structures from a variety of eras in English history. For example, Norman medieval as well as Tudor and Georgian architectural edifices dot the landscape. In addition to such a historic structural presence, the area also boasts a recent development of homes that features the highest proportion of households in Great Britain making more than 100,000 pounds annually.
West Malling lies only about 35 miles from the center of London right alongside the main road that runs between that metropolis and the coastal port towns of Dover and Folkestone. There are also a number of excellent rail links that, combined with the quality of the roads, means that the town is an outstanding commuter community.
Historically, the town is also thought to be site of the first recorded cricket match in Kent, with a local team playing another team from another community in 1705 on local grounds near Norman Road. For a time, the town played host to a Royal Air Force airbase as well as to U. S. Navy squadrons through the 1960s. Commercial aviation picked up the slack for the next two decades.
The town's rail station features regular service and can take a commuter from the town to London in about one hour. Road travel, though, is being emphasized more than rail and certain destinations into London are being eliminated at some point in the future. As a point of cultural interest, the 1967 Beatles film "Magical Mystery Tour" was filmed in and around the town.
Kent, the county in which West Malling resides, lies in the southeast of England and is one of the Home Counties that surround the city of London. It was one of the central conflict points during the Battle of Britain in World War II and is also considered to be the garden of England due to the number of orchards and other kinds of gardens spread throughout the county.
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