East Sutton Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:51.2158°N 0.6158°W
Official Name:East Sutton
Static Image:Tower House, East Sutton - geograph.org.uk - 68487.jpg
Static Image Width:250px
Static Image Caption:Pleasure House, the former home of Alice Keppel, mistress of King Edward VII
Shire County:Kent
Region:South East England
Constituency Westminster:Faversham and Mid Kent
Post Town:Maidstone
Postcode District:ME17
Postcode Area:ME
Dial Code:01622
Os Grid Reference:TQ827495

East Sutton is a parish approximately 6 miles south-east of Maidstone in Kent, England. East Sutton is small in number of dwellings but relatively large in area: the parish has a women's prison, a council estate of 16 houses and the Grade I listed 13th-century St Peter's and St Paul's Church. The population is included in the civil parish of Sutton Valence.

HMP East Sutton Park is a prison and Young Offenders Institution for females, situated in a manor house, located just outside the village.

King Edward VII used to visit the village for liaisons with his mistress, Alice Keppel at Pleasure House, on the border with Sutton Valence.

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