Ditton, Kent

Ditton
A photograph of a sign depicting an old church and ducks by a pond. The name of the village is shown above a row of flowers and fruit
Ditton Village Sign
Ditton is located in Kent
Ditton
Ditton
Location within Kent
Population4,786 (2011)
OS grid referenceTQ 71038 58464
• London31 mi (50 km) WNN
Civil parish
  • Ditton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAylesford
Postcode districtME20
Dialling code01732
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
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51°17′41″N 0°27′07″E / 51.294850°N 0.451900°E / 51.294850; 0.451900

Ditton is a large village and civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. The village is 4.6 miles (7.4 km) west-northwest of Maidstone and 1.8 miles (2.9 km) east of West Malling. The parish, which is long and narrow, straddles the A20 (the old Dover to London road), with farmland to the south and industry to the north. It lies in the Medway Valley, on the northern edge of the Kent Weald, and adjoins the ancient parishes of Larkfield, Aylesford and Barming. In 2011 it had a population of 4786.