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St Andrew's Church is a joint Church of England and Methodist Church of Great Britain church in Paddock Wood, Kent, England. It was founded in 1851.

History
St Andrew's Church was founded by the Church of England's Diocese of Rochester following an influx of people after Paddock Wood railway station was built and the vicar of Brenchley felt the village needed its own place of worship. It was opened in 1851 by the Archbishop of Canterbury as a chapel of ease and multi-use schoolhouse. In 1859, it became its own parish taking in areas from the surrounding parishes of Brenchley, Yalding, Nettlestead and East Peckham. The church was refurbished in 1859 for sole use as a parish church.

On 4 November 1940, the church was bombed by the Germans in the Second World War. The bomb destroyed the roof and demolished the vestry wall. The parishoners moved to worship in the nearby school building, which was consecrated as Church House. Monies to rebuild the church started being gathered in 1940 but the Ministry of Works only granted permission for a rebuilding in 1953. The church was rebuilt on a separate site to the old one with a new burial ground being consecrated in 1958 after the old one filled, though burials for those with reserved rights continued in the old burial ground.