We Explored The Forgotten Side Of Ashford In Kent, England

[@janewatt683]

Love the church bells. Ashford is a lovely little town, I like the quaint houses by the church. The gardens are well kept.

[@leoinnortherncali410]

I love all the amazing new places you two are finding. If I lived that close to the church I would have to wear earplugs, but the houses are very nice. The parks are so well kept and planned beautifully. Be Safe and Be Well

[@JJExtra]

We have a church right behind our house so we are used to it 😂 don’t think we’ve ever shown it in our vlogs? 🤔

[@elainegraham6665]

@@JJExtra sorry to but in on this reply but no you have never shown the church on the vlogs, would love to see it and hear the bells. 🥰

[@EmmaJonYoureWelcome]

We like Ashford because we use it to travel to Disneyland but we never thought to explore the town. The flower plane is really cool. xx

[@JJExtra]

Hopefully we can use it again soon we’ve not been to DLP together before

[@cliffboulton8763]

You won't get todisneyland from Ashford now. You would have to go to London first then back, non-stop through Ashford and the Channel Tunnel and onward to DLP. There's progress for you!!

[@Goodman849]

​​@@cliffboulton8763is it possible to cycle to Folkestone from ashford to get onto a train leading to dlp?

[@RunAndHide4ulife]

​​@Goodman849 no as euro star does not stop at ashford anymore 😢

[@littlebeastyhollowbrandiy1904]

I like in the beginning you showed the brick building with the tree in front looked like it was in movie also the tunnels cool. Looks like Jason and you had a great adventurous day.

[@elainegraham6665]

Oh my goodness how stunning is Ashford im in love with the quirky alleyways and the houses, the brickwork is amazing. I want to upsticks and live in Kent 😍😍, (don't worry i won't move to Faversham) 😂😂. Im learning new things everyday never knew about Ashford International Station xx

[@JJExtra]

It’s lovely when you walk and explore it .. yeah it’s where we go to head to DLP 😊

[@neilthegooner2871]

Trust me there is not that much of old Ashford left. Most has been pulled down to make way for blocks of flats. The town is dead and the council squeezed the life out of any nightlife. And its awful trying to drive around unless you like looking at red traffic lights!

[@elainegraham6665]

@@neilthegooner2871 maybe i wont move to Ashford then🤔😥😂

[@neilthegooner2871]

@@elainegraham6665 I lived here all my life. Its not what it used to be unfortunately.

[@elainegraham6665]

@@neilthegooner2871 you sadly find that with most places, where i live everyone used to know each other in the town and now you hardly know anyone

[@flaviolofaro]

Even to the brewery today! It was amazing! Good video guys 😉

[@Ali_does_stuff]

Hiii !!! I just discovered your channel thru this video on my recommended and i just gotta say its absolutely fascinating to see that people still have an interest in ashford's history. Ive been living there my entire life and not once have i taken a moment to just really appreciate the historic environment that surrounds me . Thank you. 😊

[@JJExtra]

We know how you feel as we were exactly the same with our hometown but we love to explore places and discover things others don’t see so it’s great to hear that brought you some value. Thank you for watching 😊

[@junimiss]

Hello we are students from TGV and our class name is Ashford. We love Ashford and UK. We hope we can go to Ashford because Ashford is good place to live nice house also. Hi, our name are Sofia, Clairine, Kaneish, Charles, Liam, Dominic and our teacher is miss June from Ashford class.

[@sandykent3568]

Just come across your channel, that was me (and others) ringing the bells 😊

[@tonyharris7319]

The best side of Ashford are the roads out to the villages, the North Down above Wye or West Well are simply stunning. The town, well the less said about that.

[@RunAndHide4ulife]

I live in Westwell xd

[@AdamGC225]

Nice to watch a positive video on Ashford. The town centre needs more TLC from the council for sure, but it has its nice spots, some of which you have found. Ashford is not a Medway town as one comment suggests - it's a Stour town - but you knew that! BTW I've videoed the cycle route of which you walked a section through the 'Duck' tunnel (River Stour by Bike).

[@JJExtra]

It's very easy to see the worst in places so we always try to look for the positives which most if not all places have and Ashford definitely does. Some TLC needed as you say but hopefully that will come in time. Thank you for watching!

[@jcs3330]

JC S 10 minutes ago (edited) Medway towns work in only 2 ways: The are the 'well kept and orderly towns and then there are the ones that are unfortunately 'infested' with the scum that drags the towns down for those the majority want to live in the 'former'. Ashford is one of the latter. Yes there is lots of developers building to sell to foreign investors (who have not got a 'clue' where Ashford actually is!) who will just rent them out to student city and cash-in after a couple of years rent. The 'non-existent high street and vacant shopping centre has been replaced with upteen kebab and barber shops and nothing else. Such a shame that the town is not up there with some of it's better inhabited neighbouring medway towns. Time for a clean-up Ashford Council!. Developers are only developing in this town for rental sales, nothing else (although the councils 'rare' advertising campaigns will try to tell you different. (with its misplaced 'designer centre' and it's 'so-called' international station - which people only use to pass through Ashford to get to Europe!...ironic such an exspensive opportunity was missed!. As you will see in this video, the place is a boarded-up, non-discriptive ghost town!.

[@neilthegooner2871]

The flour mill used to be a nightclub until a few years ago. The private school own it and have banned it from ever being used for future use as night entertainment . Pretty sad to see it abandoned really, I had many good nights in there.

[@JJExtra]

Oh wow really! Didn’t know that… thanks for the information - it is sad to see it abandoned

[@neilthegooner2871]

@@JJExtra certainly is. I think it might have been given planning to turn it into flats. Trying to stagger back up East Hill for a kebab was always interesting at 3am.

[@JamieByrneTV]

As an Ashfordian I offer my sincere condolences that you had to experience the awful High Street 😂 The outlet is nice though and I can never go there without going into Haribo. I'm sure you found out by now but the Flour Mill was recently a nightclub but I belive it closed down and Sir Norton Knatchbull has a school named after him on Hythe Road called The Norton Knatchbull. Anyways, you mentioned free coffee, I'm off to the outlet to find it... 😂

[@JJExtra]

Haha it wasn’t too bad - we love exploring new towns. Hope you got some free coffee 😂

[@JamieByrneTV]

@@JJExtra Same here, it's always fun to explore. Haha yes! I did actually get a free coffee 😂

[@georgedowns4034]

Why can u not be more proud of where u live? I always see people dissing where they live on YT. Surely if u live somewhere, u would get to really appreciate the place?

[@JamieByrneTV]

@@georgedowns4034 I am happy to live in Ashford but unfortunately the Ashford High Street has become dire. Although the same can be said about a lot of High Street's nowadays. It's unfortunate that many people now prefer to shop online.

[@tomdoldan4055]

I went inside the flower mill before used to be a club and they got flats inside

[@LauraCarpenter-gh4od]

Jason is correct the Eurostar doesn’t stop at Ashford until when I’m not sure :(

[@JJExtra]

Shame! 😞

[@clairelouise207]

This is my home town where I actually live

[@ratnawidyasari1627]

Nice video 👍😍

[@rowenayates1483]

The old flour mill was a nightclub

[@meadroad]

‘Dustys’ nightclub from the early 80’s…(Dusty Miller)

[@katyy2]

Recently moved to Ashford 😅

[@JJExtra]

We hope you settle in nicely

[@ЛилияПерепеличенко]

How does it feel? We think to move from St Albans to Kent and consider Ashford.

[@LibbyWithnall]

What a great little exploratory walk. Loved the church (though not the bells) and little streets there. So very British. I know you’ve told us before but I can’t remember how you mange to get free coffees every week? That was sad seeing the Disney sign. It certainly doesn’t seem very close does it? :-(

[@JJExtra]

They are super loud aren’t they? We have a church behind our house and it’s just as loud. We get 1 free coffee each with our phone contracts .. we also get 1 free cinema ticket a month and free Greg’s sausage rolls 😂 weird I know 😂

[@lisapiper5543]

They still don't run euro trains..they don't know if they actually will again

[@JJExtra]

We’ve heard they will be…. 😉

[@cliffboulton8763]

@@JJExtra It was on local TV news the other night that they won't. Too expensive to set up Border Controls, Passport inspections etc., all caused by Brexit they said.

[@allylou5151]

​@@JJExtraHope so

[@jackcade68]

Yes, the bells are a tad loud.

[@JJExtra]

Definitely wouldn’t miss them!

[@thegadgetzone]

how diverse would you say Ashford is ?

[@LauraCarpenter-gh4od]

Wasn’t the flour mill where liquid nightclub used to be or somewhere there

[@JJExtra]

No idea 😂

[@John-ew5ou]

Yep it was liquid envy, b4 that cales nightclub with flatfoot sams bar (90s era) b4 that dusty club

[@squarebog4413]

Go to Stanhope it’s really nice

[@rowenayates1483]

U having a laugh

[@richardd.2988]

Now all you needed was chocolate and Graham crackers and you could've made s'mores.

[@JJExtra]

Mmmmm yes!!!

[@DonelLevey]

bro you went to the main part of ashford and said its fotgotton