Our visit to the pretty town of West Malling, Kent

Our video of a delightful visit to West Malling in Kent, this joins our family of videos from the 'Country of Kent' playlist -    • The County of Kent  

West Malling is just over 30 miles from the centre of London and is served by a mainline railway station, and is just a few minutes from Junction 4 of the M20.

Our journey starts from West Malling station, and walking up the historic Swann street to The Cascades, a little gander down Frog Lane & Police Station road as well as checking out the Georgian architecture of the street. We stake a quick look at the outside of St MAry's Abbey, (it's not open to the public), before heading up to West Malling's High Street.

Detail of the Blue Plaque trail can be found here;
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With a list of notable 18 residents here;
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Exploring the northern end of West Malling's High Steet, we take a look at the sculpture of 'Hope' by Sarah Cunnington before discovering the quaint King Street & West Street. We head up to the 'Old County Ground', where the first recorded game of cricket was played in Kent.

A return to West Malling's High Street and head south to the Church of St Mary the Virgin, taking in the many reasons you'd want to visit West Malling along the way.

Now a jump into the car to head slightly out of town to take in the view of Douce's Manor, the Manor Park Country Park & St Leonard's Ower (As promised, the English Heritage link (https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/v...)

Our final destination is Kings Hill, a 'new town' built on The Battle of Britain airbase - RAF West Malling. A few reminders of its historic past remain, including the 'running Airman' war memorial and the art Deco Control Tower with the WWII Royel Ensign tribute outside.

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⏱️Timestamps⏱️
00:00 - The Intro to West Malling
00:15 - Where is West Malling?
00:44 - Let's Explore West Malling - Starting with Swan Street
01:08 - The West Malling Cascades
02:12 - The Entrance to St Mary's Abbey
03:44 - West Malling High Street - heading north
04:16 - The statue of 'Hope' in West Malling
05:06 - Discovering King Steet, West Malling and beyond
06:00 - The West Malling Cricket Ground - The Old Country Ground
07:02 - The Church of St Mary the Virgin
07:36 - Leaving West Malling
07:48 - Douce's Manor, outside West Malling
07:58 - St Leonard's Tower, West Malling
08:22 - A quick glimpse of Manor Park Country Park
08:48 - Let's discover Kings Hill, formerly RAF West Malling
08:56 - The 'running Airman' Memorial at King's Hill
09:08 - The Art Deco Control tower of RAF West Malling

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