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South Darenth is a village in the civil parish of Horton Kirby and South Darenth.
The village is located on the right bank of the Darent, south of Dartford. The nearest railway station is at Farningham Road, with train services west-bound to Bromley and London Victoria and east to Gillingham and Faversham. The A225 road passes to the west of the village, connecting it to nearby Dartford.
The village has one bakery, a newsagent, a hairdresser and a post office/pharmacy, as well as three public houses: the Jolly Millers, The Queen and The Bridges.There is also a small retained fire station which is being forced to close down soon.
It also hosts a small brewery on St Margaret's Farm, called Millis, which supplies some of the pubs in the surrounding area.
The paper mill, was closed in February 2003 and the site is now a redevelopment of 210 homes and three new businesses. Chris Parry Handmade Jewellery, The Mill Osteopath Clinic and Bow Beauty Salon.

Miller pubs usually refer to the trade of milling (flour making).

"Britain's Oldest Brewer", Shepherd Neame is an English regional brewery founded in 1698 by Richard Marsh in Faversham, Kent, from where they still brew.

Shepherd Neame have over 360 pubs in Kent, London, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire and Essex. [2010]

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