I used to live there (moved away a few years ago) and commuted into London daily. Trains were pretty reliable if expensive (£5k pa) and I could always get a seat in the morning on the 7.24am.

It's a decent community, but because many people commute, there's an "emptiness" about it during the day.

Facilities: it now has a Sainsburys, a nice pub (Kings Head) a decent library and a selection of rather odd shops - not always the ones you'd need. There is only one school (and no secondary school) and I think a fair few children go to Headcorn, but don't quote me.

The health centre gets bad press, but the parish church is lovely and has a good community round it.

Even at the time we left, housing and traffic were increasing substantially and when Operation Stack was underway it got very difficult to travel. It could take 1.5 hrs to drive to Maidstone. I know there are often traffic queues through the village now, along the A road.

It's not really a village - it's a small town, but without many of the facilities you might expect. Having said that, I was happy there and it suited me at the time.