South East England
Kent
Shepway District

Saltwood

Saltwood is a village and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe District of , England. Within the parish are the small hamlets of and Sandling.
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  • Type: Village with 857 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe District of Kent, England
  • Also known as: “Saltwood, Kent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saltwood Castle and Sandling Railway Station.

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is a castle in Saltwood village, one mile north of , England. Of 11th century origin, the castle was expanded in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Railway station
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving the village of and the market town of , Kent. It is 65 miles 36 chains down the line from .

Railway station
station is the northern terminus of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. The station has curved platforms with an overall roof, loco release road, former engine shed, signalbox with 16 lever frame, and a turntable.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hythe and Lympne.

Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is in the District of Shepway, in . In medieval times was one of the responsible for England's maritime defence. Then the Kent coast silted up, leaving the village inland.

Village
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, formerly also Lymne, is a village on the former shallow-gradient sea cliffs above the expansive agricultural plain of in , England. is situated 2½ miles west of Saltwood.

Hamlet
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is a village and civil parish in the English county of located 1 mile north-west of . It gives its name to Parish Council, which has five councillors, and includes the hamlets of and .

Saltwood

Latitude
51.0802° or 51° 4′ 49″ north
Longitude
1.0818° or 1° 4′ 54″ east
Population
857
Elevation
295 feet (90 metres)
Open location code
9F3333JJ+3P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29175404
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7293791
Wiki­data ID
Q2621103
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Saltwood” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Saltwood”
  • Bengali: “সল্টউড”
  • Cebuano: “Saltwood”
  • Chinese: “索特伍德”
  • Dutch: “Saltwood”
  • French: “Saltwood”
  • German: “Saltwood”
  • Gujarati: “સોલ્ટવુડ”
  • Irish: “Saltwood”
  • Italian: “Saltwood”
  • Japanese: “ソルトウッド”
  • Kannada: “ಸಾಲ್ಟ್ವುಡ್”
  • Korean: “솔트우드”
  • Ladin: “Saltwood”
  • Lithuanian: “Saltvudas”
  • Persian: “سالتوود”
  • Polish: “Saltwood”
  • Portuguese: “Saltwood”
  • Russian: “Солтвуд”
  • Spanish: “Saltwood”
  • Swedish: “Saltwood”
  • Tamil: “சால்ட்வுட்”
  • Telugu: “సాల్ట్వుడ్”
  • Turkish: “Saltwood”
  • Urdu: “سالتوود”
  • Welsh: “Saltwood”
  • “Saltwood”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Saltwood”. Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.