Greatstone-on-Sea
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Paul Russon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: town in Kent, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Greatstone”, “Greatstone on Sea”, and “Greatstone-on-Sea, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Peter’s and Greatstone Primary School.
Romney Sands railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bluebellnutter, CC BY 2.5.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Littlestone-on-Sea and New Romney.
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.
New Romney
Town
Photo: Ian Dunster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New Romney is a market town in Kent, England, on the edge of Romney Marsh, an area of flat, rich agricultural land reclaimed from the sea after the harbour began to silt up.
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.
Greatstone-on-Sea
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Lydd, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.96866° or 50° 58′ 7″ northLongitude
0.96228° or 0° 57′ 44″ eastElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
9F22XX96+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 2937422373OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Greatstone-on-Sea” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Greatstone-on-Sea”
- Basque: “Greatstone-on-Sea”
- Dutch: “Greatstone-on-Sea”
- French: “Greatstone-on-Sea”
- Ladin: “Greatstone-on-Sea”
- Polish: “Greatstone-on-Sea”
- Welsh: “Greatstone-on-Sea”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Allens Bank and Lydd.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Jolly Fisherman and Greatstone Sub Post Office.
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