Headcorn & Sutton Valence

Headcorn is the services village of the pair, with a station, a few independent shops, a primary school and the bakery and farm shop that give it a focal point the neighbouring villages lack. Sutton Valence is quieter and more residential, its claim to fame the historic independent school on its outskirts. Both share the same postcode edge and the same appeal to anyone working in London or Ashford but wanting to bring up children in somewhere that genuinely feels like a village rather than a suburb. The property stock skews older: Victorian terraces in Headcorn, attractive cottages in Sutton Valence, with modern infill developments adding some variety. The area scores well for safety and community cohesion, and is the sort of place that appears on lists of best village pubs.

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