Maidstone: The County Town of Kent, Astride the Medway
Maidstone has been the county town of Kent since the sixteenth century, when the assizes were moved here from Canterbury. The administrative function persists: County Hall, Kent Police headquarters, and Kent County Council are all based here. The town sits on the River Medway, the main crossing point between the North Downs and the Weald. The Archbishop's Palace, a fourteenth-century residence on the riverbank, and All Saints Church (one of the largest Perpendicular churches in Kent) anchor the old town around the river.
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Maidstone has been the county town of Kent since the sixteenth century, when the assizes were moved here from Canterbury. The administrative function persists: County Hall, Kent Police headquarters, and Kent County Council are all based here. The town sits on the River Medway, the main crossing point between the North Downs and the Weald. The Archbishop's Palace, a fourteenth-century residence on the riverbank, and All Saints Church (one of the largest Perpendicular churches in Kent) anchor the old town around the river.
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