About the town » Horton Kirby, Kent, England, Great Britain

Horton Kirby is a village in the civil parish of Horton Kirby and South Darenth in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The village is located on the right bank of the River Darent, south of Dartford. Its church is dedicated to St Mary. The nearest railway station is at Farningham Road. The A225 road between Dartford and Sevenoaks passes to the west of the village. There is currently a development of 174 one to four-bedroom dwellings known as The Mill being completed there. Horton Kirby Environmental Studies Centre provides nature and country life-related outdoor activities for schoolchildren from South London. There are the ruins of a Roman villa nearby. The parish was part of Axstane Hundred and later Dartford Rural District.