Ditton in Kent
The node at beta.slowways.org/Settlement/Dit is *bizarre*. It's a fairly mundane housing estate and a row of shops. Almost as if someone in the houses opposite plopped it there for convenience. Aylesford train station makes more sense - there are a few routes that'd need a tweak due to such a move, but better now than later.
(West Malling is also a little away from train station, but that makes sense as the train station is a short walk and town centre is much better as a node) ... it'd be nice to have a 'secondary layer of nodes' for situations like this to say 'connect node to nearest public transport')
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Agree, when you arrive there it's odd, especially as all the connecting routes come from very clear village centres. And there isn't even a bus stop. Larkfield has a full size supermarket, and Aylesford a proper village centre. But both are in different council wards, maybe Ditton's ward boundary / population is why it was chosen.
Alyesford village might be a good future addition to the network. Although the nodes in the area are already densely grouped, and multiple routes already go through it so maybe it wouldn't make much difference. The village centre is very distinct though, it has several places to eat or stay overnight. Plus it has the same name as the nearest station (always helpful for strangers to the area) and it's very pretty!
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