East Peckham

East Peckham is a small town in Kent, England, made up of nine hamlets and situated about 5 miles east of Tonbridge on the River Medway. It was the centre for the hop growing industry in Kent and is still home to the Hop Farm which has the world's largest collection of Oast Houses.

There is a persistent myth that the village was originally sited a few miles away towards Mereworth although there is no evidence of this. Although Sheet 80 of the First Edition One-Inch Ordnance Survey map published on 1 January 1819 does indeed show the village as being two miles north east of its present location. St Michael's church stands on high ground two miles to the north of the village, and is now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust and open daily. In the mid-nineteenth century the new parish church of the Holy Trinity was built in the village. The architects were Whichcord and Walker of Maidstone, and the foundation stone was laid on 24 October 1840.

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