Welcome to Otford
If you have just arrived at Otford or are planning at trip here in the near future, you will soon find lots of information and useful links on this page.
Meanwhile, check out the excellent Darent Valley Community Rail Partnership website for ideas and suggestions.
An excerpt on Otford here….
Otford is a picturesque village famous for having the only listed duck pond in the UK. It is home to the world’s largest scale model of the solar system, with outlying stars in Los Angeles and Sydney. It also has the remains of an extraordinary palace first built in 821AD, home over the intervening years to 56 Archbishops, 6 saints and 4 Tudor monarchs, which in its day (Henry VIII’s reign), was larger than Hampton Court.
A Heritage Trail has been created around the village, with ten information boards packed with fascinating details of what life was like here in the past. Learn about the Sir Edwin Lutyens-designed Church Hall and the architect’s signature feature, a small owl box in the West wall.
The village also has a wide range of shops, from a bespoke milliner to a signature fashion jewellers, clothing boutiques, a five-star florist, an arts and crafts shop, several antique shops, together with charming tea rooms, cafes, pubs and restaurants.
Friends of Otford Station 