West Malling is a market town in the Tonbridge and Malling district of Kent, England. It has a population of 2,590. West Malling contains several historic buildings, including St Leonard's Tower, a Norman keep built by Bishop Gundulf. He also built the White Tower of the Tower of London, the castles of Rochester and Colchester, and the Priory and Cathedral of Rochester. In c.1090 Gundulf founded St. Mary's Abbey in West Malling for Benedictine nuns. This historic site contains significant buildings from the Norman, medieval, Tudor and Georgian eras. There is also a Grade II* Listed 1966 abbey church which is used by the Anglican Benedictine nuns who have made Malling Abbey their home since 1916.
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