Horton Kirby Environmental Studies Centre provides nature and country life-related outdoor activities for schoolchildren from South London.

The extra costs of diverting these to save the villa were met by public subscription, with fund-raising help from local schoolchildren.

[2] The A225 road between Dartford and Sevenoaks passes to the west of Horton Kirby, on the opposite side of the River Darent.

The closest National Rail station to Horton Kirby is Farningham Road on the Chatham Main Line, located approximately 1 mile away.

[3] The village is served by the Arriva Kent Thameside route 414 which provides hourly connections to South Darenth, Sutton-at-Hone, Hawley and Dartford.