Tovil

infobox UK place
country = England
static_

static_image_caption = The Royal Paper Mill on Tovil Hill
official_name= Tovil
latitude= 51.2642
longitude= 0.5096
population=
shire_district= Maidstone
shire_county= Kent
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Maidstone and the Weald
post_town= MAIDSTONE
postcode_district = ME15,
postcode_area= ME
dial_code= 01622
os_grid_reference=
london_distance=convert|33|mi|km|0 NW

Tovil is now a suburb of the town of Maidstone, the county town of Kent in the South East of England.

It is a mixture of residential and industrial zoning, with an increase in commercial usage towards the centre of Maidstone, and more arable use on the outskirts.

Tovil has a history of paper mills on the Loose Stream near the River Medway, which ceased operation in the 1980s. These included Great Ivy Mill, Hayle Mill, Upper Tovil Mill, Lower Tovil Mill and Bridge Mill. These and other mills located along the Loose Stream which flows through Tovil were formerly used for fulling, corn and in one case gunpowder. Alabaster Passmore had an important printing works in Tovil and there were other small industries and a railway siding. The industry has nearly all been replaced by suburban housing and cheap retail sheds and the built up area has lost the character it had a few decades ago.