Kent, town by town
From Dartford to Deal and from the Hoo Peninsula to Romney Marsh: every town and civil parish in Kent and Medway, with its census population, listed buildings by grade, the schools nearby and the stations on its patch.
Twelve districts and Medway
Each square is a district, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Switch the measure, then click a district for its towns and parishes.
Kent’s towns in pictures
332 of the 364 places in this guide have a photograph from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each page.
| # | Town | District | Population | Since 2011 | Listed | Schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maidstone | Maidstone | 109,490 | — | 309 | 39 |
| 2 | Gillingham | Medway | 108,483 | — | 36 | 25 |
| 3 | Ashford | Ashford | 83,213 | +23.2% | 171 | 20 |
| 4 | Chatham | Medway | 76,792 | — | 179 | 27 |
| 5 | Gravesend | Gravesham | 74,000 | — | 152 | 21 |
| 6 | Rochester | Medway | 62,982 | — | 262 | 24 |
| 7 | Margate | Thanet | 61,223 | — | 264 | 14 |
| 8 | Royal Tunbridge Wells | Tunbridge Wells | 57,772 | — | 286 | 10 |
| 9 | Canterbury | Canterbury | 54,880 | — | 889 | 29 |
| 10 | Sittingbourne | Swale | 54,392 | — | 98 | 24 |
Where Kent grew
Parishes and towns with at least 1,000 residents in 2011, ranked by change to 2021. Very large swings usually mean new housing estates or a boundary change between censuses.
Fastest growing
Grammar schools and the rest
Kent and Medway still select at eleven: 46 grammar schools sit alongside comprehensive, faith, special and independent schools.
Listed, place by place
438 buildings in Kent are Grade I — of exceptional interest. These places have the most listed buildings of any grade.