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Farningham is a village with a population just over 1,300 people. The area is practically home to the Neolithic culture. You can find a lot of ancient tools
in the Dartford Museum. The majority of the territory was occupied by the Romans during their invasion in the 1st century.
Farningham is a borough and civil parish in Kent’s Sevenoaks district and situated 3 miles southeast of Swanley. The town is along Kent’s famous route, A20, which is the secondary main highway between the city and the waterway harbors.
There are no direct railway stations that serve Farningham, but two stations are situated within close proximity – Eynsford on the Maidstone line and Farningham Road on the Chatham main line. The former services Ramsgate, Dover, Canterbury, Margate, Faversham, Gillingham, and Victoria, while the latter services Blackfriars, Victoria, Canterbury, Ashford, Maidstone, and Sevenoaks.
The area has several historic sites and notable buildings like Farningham Mill, St. Peter & St. Paul’s Church, Farningham Woods SSSI and Nature Reserve, and The Lion Hotel. Places of interest near Farningham include Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation, Eynsford Castle, Swanley Park, Farningham Woods Nature Reserve, and Lullingstone Country Park.