Aldington, Kent

Aldington
St Martin’s Church, Aldington
Aldington Location within Kent
Area	18.23 km2 (7.04 sq mi)
Population	1,573 (Civil Parish 2021)[1]
• Density	86/km2 (220/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TR063365
Civil parish	Aldington
District	Ashford
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ashford
Postcode district	TN25
Dialling code	01233
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Folkestone & Hythe
List of places UK England Kent 51°05′37″N 0°56′28″E / 51.093611°N 0.941111°E / 51.093611; 0.941111

Aldington is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England. The village centre is eight miles (12 km) south-east of the town of Ashford. As with the village centre, set on a steep escarpment above agricultural Romney Marsh and the upper Stour is Aldington Knoll, which was used as a Roman burial barrow and later beacon, it has a panorama towards the English Channel and of low land such as Dungeness. At the 2021 Census the population included Bonnington.