Detling

Also known as Detling, Kent

Detling is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Maidstone in Kent, England. The parish is located on the slope of the North Downs, northeast of Maidstone, and on the Pilgrims' Way.

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Place details

Locality: Maidstone
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 658
Timezone: Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.official_name: Detling
UK place.country: England
UK place.region: South East England
UK place.static_image_name: West Court Oast, The Street, Detling, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 1377473.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: West Court Oast
UK place.population: 796
UK place.population_ref: (2011 Census)
UK place.os_grid_reference: TQ7958
UK place.post_town: MAIDSTONE
UK place.postcode_area: ME
UK place.postcode_district: ME14
UK place.dial_code: 01622
UK place.constituency_westminster: Faversham and Mid Kent
UK place.civil_parish: Detling
UK place.shire_district: Maidstone
UK place.shire_county: Kent

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Wikidata facts

Population: 796
Image: West Court Oast, The Street, Detling, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 1377473.jpg
Dialing code: 01622

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Commons category: Detling
OS grid reference: TQ7958

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Detling is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Maidstone in Kent, England. The parish is located on the slope of the North Downs, northeast of Maidstone, and on the Pilgrims' Way.

==History and features== The Cock Horse Inn was used to stable additional horses when required to take heavily laden coaches and wagons on the steep route up Detling Hill. The village is now bypassed by the A249 road, which opened in 1962. Jade's Crossing, a footbridge to the west of the village, opened in 2002 after a local resident, Jade Hobbs, was killed trying to cross the road.