Otford
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- For the town of the same name in New South Wales, Australia, see Otford, New South Wales
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| OS grid reference: | TQ525590 |
| Administration | |
| District: | Sevenoaks |
| Shire county: | Kent |
| Region: | South East England |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
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| Ceremonial county: | Kent |
| Historic county: | Kent |
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| Police force: | Kent Police |
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| Ambulance: | South East Coast |
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| Post town: | SEVENOAKS |
| Postal district: | TN14 |
| Dialling code: | 01959 |
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| European Parliament: | South East England |
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Otford is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent. The village is located on the River Darent, flowing north down its valley from its source on the North Downs. The name is a contraction of Ottenford, possibly derived from Offa, the King of Mercia who fought a battle at Otford against the Kentish Saxons in 776 at the Battle of Otford.
Notable landmarks are the Archbishop's Palace, the duck-pond roundabout, and the scale model of the Solar System which claims to be "the largest scale model in the world".
The parish church is dedicated to St Bartholomew.
[edit] Communications
- Roads: Otford lies on the A225, a main road between Dartford and Sevenoaks. The presence of the site of a Roman villa, in addition to the remains of an ancient trackway, suggests that this road has a long history. The M26 motorway uses the valley here as part of its route.
- Railway: Otford railway station is on the commuter line to Sevenoaks
- Footpath: The village is a key stopping-off point on the North Downs Way which runs through the village as it crosses the Darent Valley.
According to the 2001 Census, the population of the Otford and Shoreham ward was 4,381, Otford's population being 3,528.
[edit] External links
- The Otford Village Information Website. What's On Interactive Calendar, Organisations and News.
- The Otford Society: includes historical information
- Otford Parish Council and Heritage Centre
- St. Bartholomew's Church, Otford
- Visit the Otford village website
- Otford's Scale Model of the Solar System
- Otford churches
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The town of Sevenoaks in Kent, South East England with the surrounding suburbs, villages, towns and parishes: |
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Ash • Ash-cum-Ridley • Bough Beech • Brasted • Brasted Chart • Chartwell • Chevening • Chiddingstone • Chiddingstone Causeway • Chipstead • Cowden • Crockenhill • Crockham Hill • Dunton Green • Edenbridge • Eynsford • Farningham • Fawkham • Fawkham Green • Fordcombe • Four Elms • Halstead • Hartley • Hever • Hextable • Hodsoll Street • Horton Kirby • Horton Kirby and South Darenth • Ide Hill • Kemsing • Knockholt • Leigh • Markbeech • Marsh Green • New Ash Green • Otford • Penshurst • Ridley • Riverhead • Seal • Sevenoaks Weald • Shoreham • South Darenth • Sundridge • Sundridge with Ide Hill • Swanley • Swanley Village • Toys Hill • Underriver • Westerham • West Kingsdown |
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| The district of Sevenoaks List of places in Kent |
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