ABOUT ASHFORD
Work on the £5 billion High Speed Rail link between Ashford and the Channel Tunnel is well underway, offering entrepreneurs a seven-year window of opportunity over the Thames Gateway and further enhancing Ashford's prime position between London and Europe's capital and business centres.
Significant investment by American, Japanese and French companies continues to complement Ashford's other economic success stories and more and more companies choose to move to Ashford.
Ashford is strategically located on the rail network between London and other major cities in Europe. The journey from Ashford International Station to paris or Brussels takes about 2 hours with Eurostar.
Mcarthur Glen Designer Shopping Village is also very popular in Ashford.
Shepherd Neame are at the heart of the community in Ashford and have a wide variety of pubs in Ashford town centre and surrounding areas. Many of the pubs serve delicious food prepared from fresh, local ingredients and presented with care and imagination.
Shepherd Neame also have three pub hotels in the Ashford area. Formerly known as the pilgrim's Rest, The Conningbrook has 27 en-suite bedrooms, restaurant, large bar and a large garden. Added to that our conference/meeting rooms can hold up to 60 delegates and can also be used for wedding receptions and parties.
The New Flying Horse at Wye, a village on the outskirts of Ashford is a 17th century former coaching inn, complete with oak beams, log fires for the winter and a charming garden for the summer. This pub also has 10 en-suite bedrooms.
The Woolpack in Chilham, a village on the outskirts of Ashford, has been welcoming visitors for almost 600 years. The pub has 14 excellent en-suite bedrooms and food that is renowned in this rural part of Kent.