Kent
Shepway District
Lydd

Lydd-on-Sea

Lydd is a town and electoral ward in , England, lying on . It is one of the larger settlements on the marsh, and the most southerly town in Kent.
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Photo: Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Kent, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Lydd-on-Sea, Kent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dungeness Lifeboat Station and Dungeness Lighthouse.

Building
is located on Dungeness Road, about 3.5 miles south-east of the town of , on the cuspate foreland of , on the coast.

Lighthouse
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
on the Dungeness Headland started operation on 20 November 1961. Its construction was prompted by the building of Dungeness nuclear power station, which obscured the light of its predecessor which, though decommissioned, remains standing.

House
Photo: Jasper33, Public domain.
is a house on the coast in Dungeness, Kent. Originally a Victorian fisherman's hut, the house was purchased by director and artist Derek Jarman in 1987, and was his home until his death in 1994.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dungeness and Lade.

Village
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a headland on the coast of , England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland. It shelters a large area of low-lying land, .

Suburb
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lydd is a town and electoral ward in , England, lying on . It is one of the larger settlements on the marsh, and the most southerly town in Kent.

Hamlet
Photo: Paul Russon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greatstone is a village on the coast of in , England. It is east of the town of and split between the civil parishes of New Romney and . is situated 3 miles north of Lydd-on-Sea.

Lydd-on-Sea

Latitude
50.92928° or 50° 55′ 45″ north
Longitude
0.97405° or 0° 58′ 27″ east
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB YOS
Open location code
9F22WXHF+PJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8917172839
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
10375979
Wiki­data ID
Q640951
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Lydd-on-Sea” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Lydd-on-Sea”
  • French: “Lydd-on-Sea”
  • Polish: “Lydd-on-Sea”
  • Welsh: “Lydd-on-Sea”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Dengemarsh Farm and Lydd.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include No 1 Battery (Gun emplacement) and The Shingle House.

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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 “Lydd-on-Sea”. Photo: Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0.