St Mary the Virgin

The old church at Mereworth was found to spoil the view of John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland, from his splendid new Palladian house, so he demolished it (he had already done away with the old castle and the village) and built a new classical church, and a new village, nearby.

Aylesford Priory or 'The Friars' is the home to a small community of Carmelite Friars, who first came here in 1242.