Otford

Worth seeing in and around Otford

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Otford Castle

   Otford Palace, also known as the Archbishop's Palace, is situated in Otford, a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The village is located on the River Darent, which flows northward down its valley from its source in the North Downs.

   400 m · palace in Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Shoreham Memorial Cross

   The Shoreham Memorial Cross is a Christian cross hill figure carved into a chalk escarpment above the village of Shoreham, Kent. The concept of the cross was the idea of a Shoreham man, Samuel Cheeseman, two of whose sons had been killed on active duty during the First World War.

   3.1 km · hill figure in Shoreham, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Kemsing Down

   Kemsing Down is a 16-hectare nature reserve north of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust.

   2.6 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Fackenden Down

   Fackenden Down is a 14-hectare nature reserve north of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust.

   1.6 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Dorton House

   Dorton House or Wildernesse House is a Grade II listed Georgian mansion house in Seal, Kent, near Sevenoaks; until 2013 it was used as the headquarters for the Royal London Society for the Blind and as housing for the blind and partially sighted children who attended its school. Later it was renovated into a retirement community.

   3.5 km · historic house in Seal, Kent · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Otford to Shoreham Downs

   Otford to Shoreham Downs is a 145.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Kemsing and Eynesford in Kent, England. It is part of Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and part it is Fackenden Down, a nature reserve managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust These downs have woodland, scrub and species-rich chalk grassland, which has been traditionally managed by grazing.

   2.9 km · site in Kent, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Vine Cricket Ground

   The Vine Cricket Ground, also known as Sevenoaks Vine, is one of the oldest cricket venues in England. Its name comes from a belief that the site was once a vineyard owned by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

   3.8 km · cricket ground in Sevenoaks, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Otford

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 32 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 48 km · London Stansted (STN), 64 km

Stations

Sevenoaks railway station, 3.7 km · Otford railway station, 800 m · Shoreham railway station, 2.5 km · Bat & Ball railway station, 2.3 km · Dunton Green railway station, 1.8 km

• London → Otford

  31 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · £4–5
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• London, Essex → Otford

  31 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · £4–5
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• Luton, Luton → Otford

  76 km · quickest by road, 2h · £10–13
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