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Paddock Wood Data Recovery
| Paddock Wood | |
 St Andrew's Church |
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  Paddock Wood
Paddock Wood shown within Kent |
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| Population | 8,263 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Parish | Paddock Wood |
| District | Tunbridge Wells |
| Shire county | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TONBRIDGE |
| Postcode district | TN12 |
| Dialling code | 01892 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Tunbridge Wells |
| List of places: UK • England • Kent | |
Paddock Wood
Paddock Wood is a small town and civil parish in the Borough of Tunbridge Wells and ceremonial county of Kent in England, about 8 miles (13 km) south west of Maidstone. It has a population of 8,263,[1] and is the centre for hop growing in Kent. The town featured in Charles Dickens's novel Dombey and Son, and is mentioned (in passing) in David Nobbs' novel The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.
History
A railway station was opened here on 31 May 1842,[2] on the South Eastern Railway main line from London via Redhill to Dover. There are two theories for the origin of the name "Paddock Wood"; it may have been derived from the nearby Manor of Parrock, or from the nearby woodland and paddocks.[2]
In 1847 cottages had begun to appear, and by 1851 a fairly sizeable community had developed, and in 1860 a church was built. The area around Paddock Wood has always had a history of hop farming, and in the growth of the town is partly due to the seasonal influx of hop pickers, and at the height of the season up to 8000 people would arrive to work on the farms.[2]
In August 1896, the first speeding offence in the United Kingdom was committed in Paddock Wood when Walter Arnold of East Peckham was chased by a police constable on a bicycle and apprehended for driving at 8 miles per hour (13 km/h) in his Benz motor-car. The speed limit in force at the time was 2 miles per hour (3.2 km/h). Mr Arnold was fined 1s at Tonbridge Magistrates Court.[3]
On 9 December 1944 near Faenza, Italy, a 22-year-old Captain in the British Army, John Brunt, whose parents came from Paddock Wood, held off a German counter-attack and remained behind while giving covering fire that enabled his men to safely withdraw, and was awarded the Victoria Cross. After the war the Kent Arms public house in Paddock Wood was renamed the John Brunt VC in his honour.[2] In 1997 the pub gained new management, and changed its name to the Hooden Horse but was forced to revert the name after local outrage (see main article John Brunt V.C. (public house)).
Paddock Wood today
The commercial areas of Paddock Wood are separated by the railway line.
To the South of the railway lies Commercial Road which runs north east to south west through the town, and is the main shopping street. At the north east end of the street is the entrance to the Railway Station. Commercial Road is home to the branches of several banks, a variety of take-aways, a restaurant and a number of small shops. To the east of Commercial Road, runs Maidstone Road. This road runs north to Beltring and East Peckham, and south to Matfield, and is the main route into and out of the town. Paddock Wood is on the B2160 and B2161 roads and not to far from the A228, A264, A21 and A26 roads. The A21 in the area suffers from congestion and traffic problems.
To the north of the railway line lie the industrial areas. Eldon Way Industrial Estate can be found to the east and is home to branches of Initial City Link and British Car Auctions, among others. To the west is the larger Transfesa Road and Paddock Wood Distribution Centre. This is the home to a number of companies including Norman Collett, CoolChain, Ketlon, Mack Multiples, Warburtons and a Whirlpool warehouse, which was destroyed in a large fire in early July 2005.[4]
At Beltring, to the north of Paddock Wood is The Hop Farm Country Park. Until recently it was owned by the Whitbread brewery, but it is now a privately-owned country park, and boasts the world’s largest collection of Oast houses.[5]
In December 2009, it was reported that website chavtowns.co.uk had labelled Paddock Wood as "scumsville". A label that was firmly rejected by Paddock Wood residents.[6]
The town Paddockwood in Canada was named by Fred Pitts who emigrated there from Paddock Wood.[2]
Schools
The town has two schools, Paddock Wood Primary School which was built in 1909,[2] and which has approximately 600 pupils[7] and Mascalls School, (originally a secondary school, but now a comprehensive), opened in 1956[2] which takes its pupils from Brenchley, Matfield, Capel, Five Oak Green, East Peckham, Horsmonden, Lamberhurst and Yalding, as well as Paddock Wood itself.[8] The school has recently been extended with a purpose built Arts and Design block housing specialist facilities for Art, Music, Drama, Dance and Design Technology.
Mascalls Gallery, a public art gallery was opened on the Mascalls School site in 2006. It is very small in size but makes but for it by what it has inside there are many interesting and amazing pieces of art work in the gallery, it is always being changed so if you want to see something there then you have to get there at the right time. The gallery has a programme of international standard exhibitions which have included Henry Moore, LS Lowry, Graham Sutherland and Lee Miller as well as artists from Latin America, Japan and America and some from students at Mascalls School its self!
