St. Peter & St. Paul, Yalding 

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St Peter and St Paul Yalding is Grade 1* listed, dating from the 13th

and 14th centuries. The impression today is of a bright well cared for

church, still retaining many interesting and charming original features

(decorative Nave ceiling, most of the wooden pews and a few Victorian

windows still remaining). There is a fine pipe organ dating from 1909.

The six bells are rung each week and were re-hung in 1978. Yalding has

an average attendance of 62 adults and 10 children, with an attendance

of over 15 children on our 4th Sunday All Age Worship.

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New rooms were added in 2003, forming a vestry, a servery, an accessible toilet, a store, and two meeting rooms above which facilitate our regular Junior Church, after- service fellowship and community events hosted by the church, which include concerts and catering where requested.

We do not have a church hall but we have a fine village hall which is heavily used to host the large number of local organisations' events (over 60 at the last count). 

The church is floodlit and lies in a large, closed churchyard behind 18th century houses fronting the High Street. 

There is a separate extension churchyard for current burials. The closed churchyard is maintained by Maidstone Borough Council and the extension by a village volunteer team.