One of the largest hop-growing parishes in England Yalding village is situated at the confluence of the Rivers Medway, Beult and Teise
in the low weald. There are wooded hills to the north and flat open landscape
interspersed with shallow streams and ditches to the south. Farming is its
main industry. The village is divided by the Town Bridge, the longest in Kent, and has many fine
listed buildings including a large church which John Betjeman described as
having a mediaeval feel.
The Church of St Peter and St Paul has a 13th Century tower and chancel. A
turret on the tower has a lead cap and a weather vane dated 1734. Yalding's
streets are lined with houses dating back to the 17th Century.
