West Hythe
West Hythe is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hythe, in the Folkestone and Hythe district, in Kent, England, near Palmarsh and a few miles west of the cinque port town of Hythe. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 566.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Portus Lemanis and Lympne Castle.
Portus Lemanis
Archaeological site
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portus Lemanis, also known as Lemanae, was the Latin name of a Roman Saxon Shore fort, settlement and port in southern Kent. The modern village of Lympne derives its name from the ancient port. Portus Lemanis is situated 1,900 feet northwest of West Hythe.
Lympne Castle
Garden
Photo: Robin Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lympne Castle is a medieval castle in England that is located in the village of Lympne in Kent, above Romney Marsh. It is 18,862 square feet in size and is a Grade I listed property, described as a fortified manor house. Lympne Castle is situated 2,600 feet northwest of West Hythe.
Church of St Stephen
Church
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Stephen is situated 2,500 feet north of West Hythe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lympne and Newingreen.
Lympne
Village
Photo: Cockney Laurie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lympne, formerly also Lymne, is a village on the former shallow-gradient sea cliffs above the expansive agricultural plain of Romney Marsh in Kent, England.
Newingreen
Village
Newingreen is a village near Folkestone in Kent, England. It is situated on the junction of the A20 and the historic Stone Street between Lympne and Canterbury. The village is near Junction 11 of the M20. It is in the civil parish of Stanford.
Pedlinge
Hamlet
Pedlinge is an English hamlet in the Kent parish of Saltwood. It comprises a chapel of ease, house, two cottages and a gatehouse to Sandling Park estate.
West Hythe
- Type: Residential area
- Description: hamlet in Kent, United Kingdom
- Categories: hamlet and civil parish
- Location: Hythe, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.06576° or 51° 3′ 57″ northLongitude
1.02835° or 1° 1′ 42″ eastPopulation
566Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
9F33328H+88OpenStreetMap ID
way 147288524OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialGeoNames ID
2634384Wikidata ID
Q3567427
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“West Hythe” goes by many names.
- French: “West Hythe”
- Irish: “Hythe Thiar”
- Ladin: “West Hythe”
- Polish: “West Hythe”
- Swedish: “West Hythe”
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