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Borough of Tonbridge and Malling

Tonbridge and Malling District
Non-metropolitan district
Tonbridge and Malling shown within Kent
Tonbridge and Malling shown within Kent
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region South East England
Non-metropolitan county Kent
Status Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ West Malling
Incorporated 1 April 1974
Government
 • Type Non-metropolitan district council
 • Body Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
 • Leadership Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
 • MPs Tracey Crouch
Tom Tugendhat
Area
 • Total 92.71 sq mi (240.13 km2)
Area rank 156th (of 326)
Population (mid-2016 est.)
 • Total 127,300
 • Rank 173rd (of 326)
 • Density 1,400/sq mi (530/km2)
 • Ethnicity 98.3% White
Time zone GMT (UTC0)
 • Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1)
ONS code 29UP (ONS)
E07000115 (GSS)
OS grid reference TQ6386756441
Website www.tmbc.gov.uk

Coordinates: 51°16′59″N 0°21′00″E / 51.283°N 0.350°E / 51.283; 0.350

Tonbridge and Malling is an English local government district with borough status in Kent, England. It is in the mid-west of the county.

Tonbridge and Malling Borough covers an area from the North Downs at Burham and Snodland in the north to the town of Tonbridge in the south. The River Medway meanders north-east through the borough towards the Medway Gap, having in the west of the area received the River Eden. The castle-passing Eden Valley Walk is also mostly in this borough.

The district was created on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the urban district of Tonbridge, together with Malling Rural District and the civil parishes of Hadlow and Hildenborough from Tonbridge Rural District.

The area has been occupied for thousands of years. The Neolithic people left behind much evidence: megaliths such as Kit's Coty House at Aylesford and the Coldrum Stones at Trottiscliffe; and the Long barrows at Addington being examples. Bronze and Iron Age finds are also plentiful. So too is Romano-British: evidence is to be found all along the Medway Valley.


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