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Farningham occupies a narrow gap in the Darent Valley where the A20 meets the river, situated roughly five miles south of Dartford. It is a village defined by its relationship with the water; the flint-walled houses of the High Street still gather around the medieval bridge and the famous cattle screen that once prevented livestock from wandering downstream. Historically, it served as a vital coaching stop on the main route from London to the coast, a legacy still visible in its oversized 18th-century inns and the way the old village layout contrasts with the more modern residential pockets on its fringes. While the M25 and M20 are remarkably close, providing quick access to the Sevenoaks and Bromley corridors, the village itself remains contained within the narrow valley floodplains and the surrounding Green Belt. The landscape here is one of chalk hills and wooded slopes, with the Farningham Woods nature reserve sitting on the higher ground to the north, offering a clear literal and metaphorical buffer from the industrial sprawl of the Thames Gateway.