The county division of Ashford Rural East covers the Ashford borough wards of Downs North, Wye, Kennington and Little Burton Farm, Bircholt, Mersham, Sevington South & Finberry, as well as part of Saxon Shore . Recent boundary changes have also brought a small area of North Willesborough into the division which is outlined in red on the map below (click on the map to enlarge)
The villages and hamlets comprising the rural part of the division are:
Chilham Brabourne
Dane Street Brabourne Lees
Shottenden Smeeth
Old Wives Lees Aldington
Molash Bonnington
Godmersham Mersham
Bilting Sevington
Crundale Wye
Brook Hinxhill
Hastingleigh
(If you’re interested in parliamentary and local government election areas, there are excellent maps with overlaying electoral boundaries on the Ordnance Survey website: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/)