Paddock Wood is a town and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England, about 8 miles southwest of Maidstone. At th…Paddock Wood is a town and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England, about 8 miles southwest of Maidstone. At the 2001 Census it had a population of 8,263, falling marginally to 8,253 at the 2011 Census. Paddock Wood is a centre for hop growing.