It is set in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the slope of the North Downs.

The village's Conservation Area boasts some excellent buildings and gardens, and the Eastling Manor House.

The village church of St Mary's is believed to have been built on the foundations of an earlier place of worship before the 11th century.

Eastling County Primary School opened on Kettle Hill on 7 February 1881 with 80 children.

A public bus service (the number 660) links the village to Faversham, every day except Sundays.