Paddock Wood has takeaways, shops, a pub, a seafood restaurant, a fish and chip shop, a park with a children’s playground, a fishing lake, and a train station offering access to Tonbridge and Maidstone. Nearby you can discover The Hop Farm which makes for a great day out, the larger town of Maidstone, Leeds Castle which is home to the Go Ape Tree Top Adventure Centre, Tonbridge, and the High Weald AONB.