Orlestone

Orlestone
St Mary the Virgin church
Orlestone Location within Kent
Area	7.91 km2 (3.05 sq mi)
Population	1,593 (Civil Parish 2021)[1]
• Density	201/km2 (520/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TR005335
Civil parish	Orlestone
District	Ashford
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ashford
Postcode district	TN26
Dialling code	01233
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Ashford
List of places UK England Kent 51°03′56″N 0°51′45″E / 51.0656°N 0.8626°E / 51.0656; 0.8626

Orlestone is a mid-sized civil parish in Ashford District, Kent, England, with a population of 1,407.^[1] The centre of the parish is Hamstreet village which falls almost entirely within it but has a small fraction in the parish of Warehorne. The civil parish here reflects the very longstanding dominance of Orlestreet as its ecclesiastical parish boundary and provides a third alternative to most residents of Hamstreet to their village name, other than 'Ham Street'. Hamstreet is bypassed by the A2070 road, six miles south of Ashford.