| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Sholden |
| Static Image: | St Nicholas Sholden 1.jpg |
| Static Image Width: | 250px |
| Static Image Caption: | St Nicholas' Church, Sholden |
| Coordinates: | 51.223°N 1.3712°W |
| Label Position: | left |
| Population: | 1,084 |
| Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
| Shire District: | Dover |
| Shire County: | Kent |
| Region: | South East England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Dover |
| Post Town: | DEAL |
| Postcode District: | CT14 |
| Postcode Area: | CT |
| Dial Code: | 01304 |
| Os Grid Reference: | TR355525 |
Sholden is a small village adjacent to the seaside town of Deal, lying on the road towards Sandwich in Kent, South East England.
It has previously been known as 'Soldone' and 'Scholdon'.[2]
It has a Grade II* listed church, St Nicholas,[3] which is in the diocese of Canterbury, and deanery of Sandwich.[2] It also has a school, a cricket field and one public house, 'The Sportsman'.
It is the starting point of the Miner's Way Trail, a hiking trail linking up the coalfield parishes of East Kent.[4]
Sholden is part of the electoral ward of Middle Deal and Sholden. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 7,414.[5]