Molash

Molash is a civil parish and village in Kent, South East England. It contains a small part of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) - the North Downs - and is on the A252 road between Canterbury, Ashford and Faversham. Each of these is centred 7–8 miles (11–13 km) away.

Molash
Village hall
Molash Location within Kent
Area	6.38 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Population	246 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TR025515
Civil parish	Molash
District	Ashford
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Canterbury
Postcode district	CT4
Dialling code	01233
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Weald of Kent[2]
Website	Molash Parish Council
List of places UK England Kent 51.2266°N 0.9012°E / 51.2266; 0.9012

Geography

Molash is a scattered semi-rural community characterised by its own farmland and a borderland forest called King's Wood almost all part of the higher, more wooded village, Godmersham, which was historically a royal hunting forest. The hunt was for deer, and a large herd of Fallow Deer still run free in the wood. The far south is well-marked and maintained as the Pilgrims' Way and North Downs Way pass through the forest as they follow the ridge of the North Downs.

Amenities

In the village, St. Peter's Church, built in the 13th century, with a Norman font and mostly 14th-century stained glass windows, was probably built on the site of an earlier church. The Yew trees in the churchyard are 2,000 years old.^[3]

Transport

The village is centred on the North Downs - on the A252 road between Canterbury, Ashford and Faversham, each 7–8 miles (11–13 km) away.^[4]

In popular culture

Author Russell Hoban repurposes Molash as "Moal Arse" in his 1980, post apocalyptic novel Riddley Walker.^[5]