Lympne
Lympne is a locality in Shepway District, Kent, England. Lympne is situated nearby to the hamlet Court-at-Street, as well as near the village Newingreen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lympne Castle and Portus Lemanis.
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.
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.
Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
Zoo
Photo: William Warby, CC BY 2.0.
Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve near the town of Hythe, Kent, England is set in 600 acres and incorporates the historic Port Lympne Mansion, and landscaped gardens designed by architect Sir Herbert Baker, for Sir Philip Sassoon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hythe and Lympne.
Hythe
Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hythe is in the District of Shepway, in Kent. In medieval times Hythe was one of the Cinque Ports responsible for England's maritime defence. Then the Kent coast silted up, leaving the village inland.
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.
Sellindge
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sellindge is a civil parish and village on the A20 road between Ashford and Folkestone in Kent, South East England. Sellindge is part of North Downs West Ward of Folkestone and Hythe District Council but part of the Elham ward of Kent County Council. Sellindge is situated 2 miles northwest of Lympne.
Lympne
- Type: Locality
- Location: Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.0806° or 51° 4′ 50″ northLongitude
1.007° or 1° 0′ 25″ eastElevation
305 feet (93 metres)Open location code
9F3332J4+6QGeoNames ID
7295896
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