In the early 1800s Henry Streatfeild changed the village significantly, diverting the road and demolishing some buildings.

St. Mary the Virgin, Chiddingstone is a large parish church which enhances the look of the village, and is perhaps the fourth built on that site.

The stone may have been used as a place to remonstrate overbearing local wives, a Druidical ritual site, or an Anglo-Saxon boundary marker.

There are several nature reserves in the area including: There is a village shop and accompanying cafe called The Tulip Tree, popular with cyclists at the weekend.

The village was used as a setting in the 1985 Merchant Ivory film A Room with a View, in the scene where Lucy and Cecil take a walk after their engagement party.

Terry Jones and the Monty Python team filmed here for Wind in the Willows - Mr Toad's Wild Ride.