The model, the largest in the world, was created to celebrate the millennium and shows the relative positions of the Sun and planets at midnight on 1 January 2000. Considerable effort was required to design an accurate layout that gave public access to every planet. Each planet is on a concrete pillar, drawn to the same scale as the model as a whole. On this scale, the nearest star would be in Los Angeles.
This walk is well endowed with places of refreshment.
Otford has two pubs and a tearoom.
The Clubhouse at Darenth Valley Golf Course welcomes walkers. It is open most days but is closed 25 and 26 December and 1 January. Honey Pot Tearoom is normally open 11 to 4 Thursday to Saturday.
There are also four pubs in Shoreham, two of them passed on this walk.
This walk is easily accessible by public transport, passing close to both Shoreham and Otford railway stations where there are regular services from Sevenoaks and Bromley.
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