Farthing Common

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Farthing Common is an area of common land on one of the highest points of the North Downs in East Kent at 185 metres above sea level.

From the common there are extensive views across Kent and on a clear day it is possible to see as far as the Cliffs at Fairlight in Sussex and even the South Downs. Just east of Farthing Common are Postling Downs which is a rich area of semi-improved chalk grassland with a variety of plant species including orchids.

Farthing Common is well known locally for being a Dogging hotspot. Farthing Common recently made headline news in the local paper when a discarded tea urn caused a four car pile up. Fortunately there were no casualties.

Farthing Common was also home to the final King of the Mountains climb during the first stage of the 2007 Tour De France, as it snaked its way through the Kent countryside