East Sutton

East Sutton
Pleasure House, the former home of Alice Keppel, mistress of King Edward VII
East Sutton Location within Kent
OS grid reference	TQ827495
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Maidstone
Postcode district	ME17
Dialling code	01622
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Weald of Kent [1]
List of places UK England Kent 51°12′57″N0°36′57″E / 51.21583°N 0.61583°E / 51.21583; 0.61583

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 opened as a Borstal in 1946, and is now a prison and Young Offenders Institution for females, situated in a manor house, located just outside the village. ^[2]

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

References

1. "Location of Weald of Kent". parliament.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
2. "East Sutton Park". Ministry of Justice. Archived from the original on 13 October 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

External links

• East Sutton website Archived 13 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine