Maidstone
Maidstone
Maidstone is Kent’s county town and is also the largest town in Kent. The town is made up of four electoral wards, Maidstone West, Maidstone East, South and Maidstone North.
The town is situated at the headwaters of the River Medway approximately 17 miles from London and 45 miles south east of London Gatwick Airport.
The name of the town comes from a contraction of ‘Medweastme’, as it was called by the Saxons. The rivers Medway and Len, today run through the town itself. However, in AD 811 King Aethelwulf ordered a fortification to be built on the site of Maidstone as a defence against Viking attacks.
Created: 30 October 2021 Edited: 29 November 2023
Maidstone
Medway at Maidstone Details
Medway at Maidstone
Medway at Maidstone is a river in Kent
Medway at Maidstone takes in water from an area around 46.235 km2 in size and is part of the Medway Middle catchment area.
Medway at Maidstone is 15.494 km long and has been heavily modified by industry in the past.
Local History around Maidstone
There are some historic monuments around including:
Cistercian Abbey at BoxleyWhite Horse Stone, AylesfordKit's Coty House Long BarrowThe 'Gatehouse', Palace Gardens, Mill StreetLen Bridge, Mill StreetEast Farleigh Bridge, over the MedwayBoughton Quarry campBuilding crop mark, possibly 'Corbier Hall'The College of All SaintsTithe barn, Mill StreetLittle Kit's Coty House Megalithic Tomb.Aylesford BridgeThurnham motte and bailey castleRomano-British villa, Anglo-Saxon cemetery and associated remains at Eccles.Wildlife in and Around Maidstone
Mammals found in Maidstone
There have been 42 species of mammals recorded in the maidstone area.
| 45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
| Badger (Meles meles) |
| Barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus) |
| Brandt's Bat (Myotis brandtii) |
| Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
| 55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) |
| Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) |
| Black Rat (Rattus rattus) |
| Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus) |
| Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) |
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Fish found in Maidstone
There have been 26 species of fish recorded in the maidstone area.
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) |
| Bream (Abramis brama) |
| Brook Lamprey (Lampetra planeri) |
| Brown/Sea Trout (Salmo trutta) |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) |
| Bleak (Alburnus alburnus) |
| Bream Flat (Blicca bjoerkna) |
| Brown Trout (Salmo trutta subsp. fario) |
| Bullhead (Cottus gobio) |
| Chub (Squalius cephalus) |
