## Kent Ramblers: Walk 47 — Shoreham, Pluto and Otford

![](https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/banner_047.jpg)

## Points of Interest

### Solar System Model

![](https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/P047a.gif)

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.

![](https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/P047b.gif)

### Tea Shop Crawl

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.

### Public Transport

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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