Collier Street
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| Collier Street shown within Kent | |
| Population | 796 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | TQ714467 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Tonbridge |
| Postcode district | TN12 |
| Dialling code | 01892 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
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Collier Street is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Maidstone in Kent, England.
The village of Collier Street includes a Church, primary school, a small business estate and several farms. St. Margaret's church and school are at the centre of the village. The church was built between 1847 and 1849 and forms part of a benefice also comprising St. Mary's in Laddingford and St. Peter & St. Paul in Yalding. The three villages are located within three miles of each other but Collier Street, once part of Yalding's civil parish, has had its own parish since 1999. The civic or civil parish of Collier Street is governed by an elected parish council and was formed following a review by Maidstone Borough Council.
Having been first built in 1860, the Church of England primary school (St. Margaret's CEP) has been enlarged several times, now to accommodate more than 100 pupils. The closest comprehensive secondary school is Mascalls Academy and there are several private schools in the area. Ex-pupils of St. Margaret's typically attend Mascalls or one of the various grammar schools in the nearest towns.
The village is in a rural location but is close to the larger villages of Yalding, Marden and Horsmonden. The nearest towns are Paddock Wood, Maidstone, Tonbridge and Royal Tunbridge Wells. Collier Street itself comprises several older farms or substantial houses which existed before the majority of the village's housing was built in Victorian times, and parts of the village are still named for these: for example Saxonden, Spitzbrook and Mockbeggar. Just three old wealden roads make up the main part of the village, the main B2162 leads from Yalding in the north to Horsmonden in the south.
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