Larkfield, Kent

Larkfield
The Wealden Hall pub in Larkfield
Larkfield Location within Kent
Civil parish	East Malling and Larkfield
District	Tonbridge and Malling
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Kent 51°17′58″N 0°26′35″E / 51.299497°N 0.44292510°E / 51.299497; 0.44292510

Larkfield is a village in Kent, part of the civil parish of East Malling and Larkfield in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling. Of the two parts of the parish, Larkfield is much more built-up, lying on and north of the main A20 road. The M20 motorway also passes through, with junction 4 residing at the centre of Leybourne on the A228.

The name of Larkfield is literal and descriptive – it refers to the large numbers of skylarks found in the fields^{[citation needed]}; its first recorded instance is in Domesday Book as Lavrochesfel.