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Photo: Ide Hill, a viewpoint near Chiddingstone, Kent, south east England.

Ide Hill© DS Pugh / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Otford StationOtford

Otford Station sits inside the Kent Downs National Landscape. 49 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo along the North Downs Way, a 153-mile National Trail running from Farnham to Dover, south east England.Highlight

North Downs Way

National Trail

Pilgrim country: orchards, vineyards and chalk downs between Farnham and the white cliffs of Dover.

0 km NW · Kent & Surrey

Photo of Shoreham Cross, a hill figure in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Shoreham Cross

Hill figure near Shoreham

A chalk cross on the Downs above Shoreham, cut in 1920 in memory of the village's First World War dead.

3.1 km NW

Photo of St Botolph's, Lullingstone, a church near Eynsford, Kent, south east England.Highlight

St Botolph's, Lullingstone

Church near Eynsford

Tiny estate church beside Lullingstone Castle, rich with family monuments and a rare painted rood screen.

5 km N

Photo of Knole, a Grade I registered house & garden near Otford, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Knole

House & garden near Otford

Sprawling calendar house in a deer park.

5.4 km S

Photo of Eynsford, a village in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Eynsford

Village

Darent village with a ford and hump-backed bridge below the ruins of a Norman castle.

5.8 km N · Kent

Photo: One Tree Hill, a viewpoint near Ightham, Kent, south east England.Highlight

One Tree Hill

Viewpoint near Ightham

A steep National Trust hillside east of Sevenoaks with a bench and a broad view south over the Weald.

6.9 km SE

Photo of Riverhill Himalayan Gardens, a Grade II registered house & garden near Ightham, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Riverhill Himalayan Gardens

House & garden near Ightham

A hillside garden of rhododendrons and azaleas around a walled rose garden.

7.4 km S

Photo of Ightham Mote, a house & garden in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Ightham Mote

House & garden near Ightham

Perfectly preserved medieval moated manor.

7.9 km SE

Photo: Ide Hill, a viewpoint near Chiddingstone, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Ide Hill

Viewpoint near Chiddingstone

A hilltop village green with one of the finest views in Kent, looking out over the Weald from the greensand ridge.

8.7 km SW

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Otford, a village in Kent, south east England.

Otford

Village

Darent village around a duck pond that is itself a listed monument, with the ruins of an archbishops' palace.

0.8 km SW · Kent

Photo of Lullingstone & Preston Hill Country Park, a country park near Shoreham, Kent, south east England.

Lullingstone & Preston Hill Country Park

Country park near Shoreham

A country park in Kent.

2.6 km N

Photo of Shoreham, a village in Kent, south east England.

Shoreham

Village

Darent-valley village of Samuel Palmer's 'valley of vision', with a war-memorial cross cut into the hillside.

2.7 km NW · Kent

Photo of Oldbury and Seal Chart, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Ightham, Kent, south east England.

Oldbury and Seal Chart

SSSI near Ightham

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Kent.

4 km SE

Castle Farm

Farm & farm shop near Shoreham

Darent Valley lavender farm and shop, judged the country's best small farm shop in 2025.

4.5 km NW

Photo along the Greensand Way, a 108-mile long-distance path running from Haslemere to Hamstreet, south east England.

Greensand Way

Long-distance path

Along the sandy ridge below the chalk from Haslemere to Hamstreet, through the wooded hills of two protected landscapes to the edge of Romney Marsh.

5.1 km S · Surrey & Kent

Photo of Chevening, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Otford, Kent, south east England.

Chevening

House & garden near Otford

The Foreign Secretary's residence, with formal French gardens, a lake and a maze.

5.1 km W

West Kingsdown Windmill

Windmill near West Kingsdown

Smock mill moved to Kingsdown and restored, standing white on the crest of the North Downs.

5.7 km NE

Photo of Eynsford Castle, a ruined castle in Kent, south east England.

Eynsford Castle

Castle near Eynsford

A medieval castle in Kent.

6.5 km N

Everything else within 10 km (31) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.