Charing (listenⓘ) is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent, in south-east England.

The Pilgrims' Way, the M20 motorway and Charing railway station (between London Victoria and Ashford International via Maidstone) serve the parish.

There are a number of old manors located around the village, such as Newlands (now a horse stud) and Pett Place.

The palace was an important building in the diocese of Canterbury, and counted amongst its guests King Henry VIII, who took it for himself.

These include: Housing development since the 1960s has also led to a significant proportion of people employed in London or business parks on the motorway corridors.

The place of birth of residents was 95.7% United Kingdom, 0.5% Republic of Ireland, 1.2% other Western European countries, and 2.6% elsewhere.

[8] The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 32% in full-time employment, 11.9% in part-time employment, 14.3% self-employed, 2.2% unemployed, 1.9% students with jobs, 2.1% students without jobs, 20.5% retired, 7.1% looking after home or family, 4.6% permanently sick or disabled and 3.5% economically inactive for other reasons.

The industry of employment of residents was 17.8% retail, 12.9% manufacturing, 8.2% construction, 14.7% real estate, 10.2% health and social work, 7.4% education, 5% transport and communications, 4.1% public administration, 5.1% hotels and restaurants, 4.4% finance, 4.4% agriculture and 5.8% other.