Welcome to the Website of Rolvenden Parish Council. 

If there is anything that you feel the Parish Council should be aware of or there is something we can help you with

please contact Louise Goldsmith (Clerk)

email: [email protected] or call 07900 693572

 

The September 2025 edition of the Parish Magazine is available here 

Rolvenden News - Rolvenden Parish Council - Rolvenden Parish Council, Rolvenden, Cranbrook

The Neighbourhood Plan Steering Committee is carrying out a survey as part of the review of the current Neighbourhood Development Plan

                                       Please complete the anonymous survey online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Rolvenden1

 

The next Parish Council Meeting will take place on the 18 September 2025 at 7.30pm in the village hall

Members of the public are welcome to attend and there is an opportunity at the start of each meeting for parishioners to speak briefly.

 

A Councillor vacancy has arisen on Rolvenden Parish Council

Expressions of interest are invited from local people who can help the Council improve the community and the lives of the people who live here.

Anyone wishing to put themselves forward to be a Rolvenden Parish Councillor must be:

• At least 18 years old;
• A British subject or citizen of the Commonwealth or European Union.

You must also meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Be on the Electoral Roll as an elector on Rolvenden Parish;
• Have, during the whole of the past 12 months, occupied land or other property in Rolvenden Parish, either as owner or tenant;
• Have, during the whole of the past 12 months, had your principal or only place of work in Rolvenden Parish;
• Have been resident in Rolvenden Parish (or within 3 miles of the Parish boundary) for the whole of the past 12 months.

Interested?

Please apply to the Louise Goldsmith the Parish Clerk at Rolvenden Parish Council via email to [email protected] with a brief background of yourself and reasons for wanting to become a parish councillor

HISTORY

The village of Rolvenden dates from at least Saxon times. The Parish of Rolvenden comprises of the ward of Rolvenden (known locally as the 'Streyte') and the smaller younger (circa 1660)  Rolvenden Layne. It is approximately ten square miles in area, given over largely to farming and rural activities, with a growing number of professional, craft and tourist services. 

LOCATION 

Rolvenden is located on the A28 Ashford to Hastings road, three miles south of Tenterden. It is roughly equidistant from the centres of Ashford, Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone and Hastings. The  mainline railway stations are at Headcorn ,(20minutes) and Staplehurst (25 minutes). A Bus service is available to Tunbridge Wells,Hastings and Ashford. 

 Rolvenden lies within the jurisdiction of Ashford Borough Council and is also within the High Weald AONB and the South Kent development area.

email The  Parish Clerk. [email protected].com or call 07900 693572

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