insideKENT Magazine Issue 92 - November 2019 | Page 39

IN ASSOCIATION WITH TOWNSPOTLIGHT SPOTLIGHT ON ORPINGTON THE LONDON/KENT GATEWAY NESTLING ON THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF LONDON’S LARGEST AND GREENEST BOROUGH, TUCKED INSIDE THE M25, ONE OF LONDON’S 34 MAJOR TOWN CENTRES, AND A SHORT TRIP FROM KENT’S COUNTRYSIDE, ORPINGTON’S EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME CONTINUES TO EXPAND WITH AN AMBITIOUS PLAN THAT IS SHAPING THE TOWN FOR FUTURE PROSPERITY. PATO LOUNGE: THE POPULAR ALL DAY CAFÉ/BAR CHAIN, LOUNGERS, CHOSE ORPINGTON FOR THEIR FIRST LOCATION WITHIN THE M25. LIGHT UP ORPINGTON 2018: ORPINGTON’S CHRISTMAS SWITCH ON, FUNDED BY ORPINGTON BUSINESSES, HAS GROWN TO BE A KEY EVENT IN THE TOWN’S CALENDAR. THE HIGH SPEC ODEON ORPINGTON INCLUDES AN ISENSE SCREEN USING CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY. 39