Tonbridge and Malling
| Tonbridge and Malling District | |
|---|---|
| Non-metropolitan district | |
 Tonbridge and Malling shown within Kent |
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| 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 Thomas Tugendhat |
| Area | |
| • Total | 92.71 sq mi (240.13 km2) |
| Area rank | 156th (of 326) |
| Population (mid-2014 est.) | |
| • Total | 124,426 |
| • Rank | 175th (of 326) |
| • Density | 1,300/sq mi (520/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 |
Coordinates: 51°16′59″N 0°21′00″E / 51.283°N 0.350°E
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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