Ashford
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Ashford, in Kent, is a growing town surrounded by countryside and villages. The town centre has modern shopping complexes alongside historic buildings and churches, while the surrounding area includes the North Downs, Romney Marsh, and the Stour Valley. Villages such as Wye, with its hillside crown cut into the chalk, add charm. The River Stour flows through, and orchards, farmland, and woodlands provide a varied landscape. Ashford combines a bustling town with scenic rural surroundings.
The local authority for this district is: Ashford Borough Council - responsible for district-level services. Since Kent is a two-tier area, county-level services are handled by: Kent County Council.
Constituencies in Ashford
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Wards in Ashford
Ashford is divided into 39 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.
- Aylesford & East Stour
- Beaver
- Biddenden
- Bircholt
- Bockhanger
- Bybrook
- Charing
- Conningbrook & Little Burton Farm
- Downs North
- Downs West
- Furley
- Goat Lees
- Godinton
- Highfield
- Isle of Oxney
- Kennington
- Kingsnorth Village & Bridgefield
- Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry
- Norman
- Park Farm North
- Park Farm South
- Repton
- Rolvenden & Tenterden West
- Roman
- Saxon Shore
- Singleton East
- Singleton West
- Stanhope
- Tenterden North
- Tenterden South
- Tenterden St Michael's
- Upper Weald
- Victoria
- Washford
- Weald Central
- Weald North
- Weald South
- Willesborough
- Wye with Hinxhill