About Ashford Rural
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Ashford Rural Partnership is the largest LCSP area in Kent, covering 39,466 hectares (double the area of the neighbouring LCSP, Ashford One). The total population in 2006 was 44,200. The population of young people is given below.
It is a mainly rural area with 70% of the population living in rural areas. It spans from Tenterden taking n the surrounding villages to Wittersham on the East Sussex border, Biddenden on the border with Cranbrook and Paddock Wood LCSP and Charing on the border with Maidstone 2 LCSP. It includes the communities on the Southern and Westerley urban fringe of Ashford town, where the boundary with Ashford One exists.
There are approximately 12,500 children and young people (age 0 - 19) living in the Ashford Rural LCSP area.