Horton Kirby
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Coordinates: 51°23′24″N 0°15′07″E / 51.389980°N 0.252050°E
Horton Kirby is a village in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It borders the Dartford Borough, and is located east of Swanley.
| Horton Kirby | |
  Horton Kirby Horton Kirby shown within Kent | |
| District | Sevenoaks |
|---|---|
| Shire county | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
Transport
The village is served by Arriva bus service 414 that connects it with Dartford via Sutton at Hone. The closest rail link to the village is Farningham Road station.The A225 road between Dartford and Sevenoaks passes to the west of the village.
Horton Kirby Environmental Studies Centre provides nature and country life-related outdoor activities for schoolchildren from South London. There are the ruins of a Roman villa nearby on the site of "westminster feilds" on the west of the riverbank .[1]
The parish was part of Axstane Hundred and later Dartford Rural District.
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- A history of the mills can be found here
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