51 towns of Kent and Medway

Market towns, seaside resorts, cathedral cities and the Medway towns — including the unparished urban areas such as Maidstone, Canterbury and Gillingham, which have no town council of their own.

#	Town	District	Status	2001	2011	2021	Change	Listed	Schools	Stations
1	Maidstone	Maidstone	no town council	—	—	—	—	309	39	3
2	Gillingham	Medway	no town council	—	—	108,483	—	36	25	0
3	Ashford	Ashford	no town council	—	67,528	83,213	+23.2%	171	20	0
4	Chatham	Medway	no town council	—	76,792	—	—	179	27	2
5	Gravesend	Gravesham	town council	—	—	—	—	152	21	4
6	Rochester	Medway	no town council	—	62,982	—	—	262	24	2
7	Margate	Thanet	no town council	—	61,223	—	—	264	14	2
8	Royal Tunbridge Wells	Tunbridge Wells	town council	—	57,772	—	—	286	10	1
9	Canterbury	Canterbury	no town council	46,490	54,880	—	—	889	29	2
10	Sittingbourne	Swale	town council	—	—	—	—	98	24	1
11	Dartford	Dartford	town council	—	—	—	—	51	21	0
12	Folkestone	Folkestone and Hythe	town council	—	51,337	47,356	-7.8%	126	24	4
13	Ramsgate	Thanet	town council	—	40,408	41,907	+3.7%	455	17	5
14	Strood	Medway	town council	—	—	—	—	10	10	2
15	Tonbridge	Tonbridge and Malling	town council	—	38,657	—	—	116	20	0
16	Herne Bay	Canterbury	town council	—	38,385	—	—	77	9	0
17	Rainham	Medway	town council	—	—	—	—	36	16	0
18	Whitstable	Canterbury	town council	30,195	—	—	—	97	10	0
19	Northfleet	Gravesham	town council	—	—	—	—	17	13	0
20	Broadstairs	Thanet	town council	—	—	—	—	0	14	1
21	Sevenoaks	Sevenoaks	town council	18,588	20,409	21,167	+3.7%	192	14	1
22	Faversham	Swale	town council	17,710	19,316	20,434	+5.8%	344	8	1
23	Deal	Dover	town council	20,355	20,823	20,342	-2.3%	336	6	1
24	Swanley	Sevenoaks	town council	20,986	16,226	17,805	+9.7%	19	8	1
25	Hythe	Folkestone and Hythe	town council	14,170	14,516	14,980	+3.2%	123	4	2
26	Sheerness	Swale	town council	—	—	13,252	—	53	6	0
27	Southborough	Tunbridge Wells	town council	11,124	12,061	11,967	-0.8%	49	8	0
28	Snodland	Tonbridge and Malling	town council	9,329	10,211	11,830	+15.9%	28	5	1
29	Edenbridge	Sevenoaks	town council	7,808	8,907	9,881	+10.9%	85	3	2
30	Tenterden	Ashford	town council	7,613	7,735	8,198	+6.0%	197	5	1
31	Paddock Wood	Tunbridge Wells	town council	8,263	8,253	8,160	-1.1%	31	2	0
32	Walmer	Dover	town council	7,428	8,178	7,839	-4.1%	28	2	1
33	Westgate-on-Sea	Thanet	town council	—	—	7,517	—	19	3	1
34	New Romney	Folkestone and Hythe	town council	6,953	6,996	7,250	+3.6%	62	3	3
35	Lydd	Folkestone and Hythe	town council	5,782	6,567	6,345	-3.4%	61	1	2
36	Westerham	Sevenoaks	town council	4,078	4,475	4,501	+0.6%	155	3	1
37	Queenborough	Swale	town council	3,471	3,407	3,916	+14.9%	24	1	1
38	West Malling	Tonbridge and Malling	town council	2,383	2,590	2,555	-1.4%	171	5	1
39	Fordwich	Canterbury	town council	351	381	372	-2.4%	34	0	0
40	Halfway Houses	Swale	no town council	—	—	—	—	2	0	0
41	unparished part of Medway	Medway	no town council	—	—	—	—	0	0	0
42	unparished part of Thanet	Thanet	no town council	—	—	—	—	0	0	0
43	unparished part of Dartford	Dartford	no town council	—	—	—	—	0	0	0
44	unparished part of Swale	Swale	no town council	—	—	—	—	0	0	0
45	unparished part of Canterbury	Canterbury	no town council	—	—	—	—	0	0	0
46	unparished part of Ashford	Ashford	no town council	—	—	—	—	0	0	0
47	unparished part of Gravesham	Gravesham	no town council	—	—	—	—	0	0	0
48	unparished part of Maidstone	Maidstone	no town council	—	—	—	—	0	0	0
49	unparished part of Tonbridge and Malling	Tonbridge and Malling	no town council	—	—	—	—	0	0	0
50	unparished part of Tunbridge Wells	Tunbridge Wells	no town council	—	—	—	—	0	0	0
51	Sittingbourne and Milton	Swale	no town council	—	—	—	—	0	0	0

Census population via Wikidata; unparished areas follow the boundaries used by the ONS. Schools are counted for their nearest town or parish centre.