Ditton, Kent

Ditton
Ditton Village Sign
Ditton Location within Kent
Population	4,786 (2011)
OS grid reference	TQ 71038 58464
• London	31 mi (50 km) WNN
Civil parish	Ditton
District	Tonbridge and Malling
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Aylesford
Postcode district	ME20
Dialling code	01732
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Chatham and Aylesford
List of places UK England Kent 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.