Nettlestead is a village and civil parish on the road south-west of, and part of the borough of Maidstone.

The parish church of St Mary the Virgin has links with William the Conqueror's half brother, Odo.

[3] Reginald de Pympe, Member of Parliament for Kent in 1411 and 1422, moved into Nettlestead Place, which he rebuilt.

[4] He, and his son John, also added new stained glass windows to the parish church.

[5] Nettlestead Green is a separate village lying two miles farther south.