Romney Sands railway station
Romney Sands Railway Station is a station on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent, England. It is located on the bleakest part of the Romney Marsh, a shingle peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Romney Sands Railway Station” and “Romney Sands Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lydd Airport and RAF Denge.
Lydd Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: LyddGC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
London Ashford Airport is an operational general aviation and minor commercial airport located 1 NM east of the town of Lydd and 12 NM south of Ashford in the district of Folkestone and Hythe, in Kent, England.
RAF Denge
Heritage site
Photo: Paul Russon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royal Air Force Denge or more simply RAF Denge is a former Royal Air Force site near Dungeness, in Kent, England. It is best known for the early experimental acoustic mirrors which remain there. RAF Denge is situated 2,300 feet southwest of Romney Sands railway station.
St Peter’s
Church
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter’s is a church, which is situated 2,100 feet north of Romney Sands railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greatstone-on-Sea and Lade.
Greatstone-on-Sea
Hamlet
Photo: Paul Russon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greatstone is a village on the coast of Romney Marsh in Kent, England. It is east of the town of New Romney and split between the civil parishes of New Romney and Lydd.
Lade
Suburb
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lydd is a town and electoral ward in Kent, England, lying on Romney Marsh. It is one of the larger settlements on the marsh, and the most southerly town in Kent.
Littlestone-on-Sea
Hamlet
Photo: D-G-Seamon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Littlestone-on-Sea is a small coastal village in the parish of New Romney in Kent, England. It was established in the 1880s by Sir Robert Perks as a resort for the gentry, at the point of the local lifeboat station. Littlestone-on-Sea is situated 2 miles north of Romney Sands railway station.
Romney Sands railway station
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, station, and transportation
- Location: Lydd, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.95873° or 50° 57′ 31″ northLongitude
0.96314° or 0° 57′ 47″ eastElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Operator
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch RailwayOpen location code
9F22XX57+F7OpenStreetMap ID
node 29673612OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Romney Sands railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Romney Sands”
- Finnish: “Romney Sandsin rautatieasema”
- French: “Romney Sands”
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