Kings Hill
village and civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England
Kings Hill is a civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. It is one of several new villages built in Kent since the 1950s (other examples including Vigo and New Ash Green). Development started in 1989 near West Malling, on land previously occupied by RAF West Malling which was operational during both world wars. The plan was for a multi-purpose site of both residential and office/business space.
Parts of the 2007 Channel 4 drama series Cape Wrath were shot in the village.
Development
Liberty Property Trust carried out the principal development of the site, commencing on the old West Malling airfield site in 1989. The ultimate aim is to have some 2,750 homes and 2 million square feet (186,000 m2) of commercial properties. As of 2010, 2000 homes had been built along with 800,000 square feet (74,000 m2) of business space. The development precipitated a major expansion of the A228 which passes the village.
The oldest parts of Kings Hill are around Worcester Avenue and Discovery Drive.
The public source identifies “Kings Hill” as village and civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Kings, Hill and village.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2540012. Authority coordinates are 51.273, 0.400. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1989, 2007, 2010 and 2000.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Kings Hill” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.