Ashford, Kent
Ashford is a town in Kent, England. It has a population of 102,000. It is the seat for the borough of Ashford.
Ashford is 59 miles from London and is on the Channel Tunnel rail link. There is a station called Ashford International. Ashford is also on the M20 motorway.
Ashford's Member of Parliament is Damian Green (Conservative).
Ashford is twinned with Bad Münstereifel in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Fougères in Brittany.
Essentially a modern town, little is left of the old Ashford, apart from some half-timbered buildings in Middle Row and around the Churchyard in the town centre. A number of old buildings were removed to make way for the controversial ring road around the centre, built in the early 1970s.
Geography
Ashford is located at 51°09'00" North, 00°53'00" West (51.1500,
-0.8833)1. The borough of Ashford covers a large area of rural mid Kent, and its agricultural market is one of the most important in the county.
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