Lympne Castle
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.Photo: Robin Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Garden
- Description: castle in Lympne, Kent, England
- Also known as: “Lympne Castle Grounds”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Stephen and Portus Lemanis.
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. Portus Lemanis is situated 1,500 feet south of Lympne Castle.
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. Port Lympne Wild Animal Park is situated 3,500 feet west of Lympne Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lympne and Newingreen.
Lympne
Village
Photo: Cockney Laurie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lympne, formerly Lymne, is a village on the former shallow-gradient sea cliffs above the expansive agricultural plain of Romney Marsh in Kent, England.
Newingreen
Village
Newingreen is a village near Folkestone in Kent, England. It is situated on the junction of the A20 and the historic Stone Street between Lympne and Canterbury. The village is near Junction 11 of the M20. It is in the civil parish of Stanford.
Pedlinge
Hamlet
Pedlinge is an English hamlet in the Kent parish of Saltwood. It comprises a chapel of ease, house, two cottages and a gatehouse to Sandling Park estate.
Lympne Castle
- Categories: castle and recreation area
- Location: Lympne, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.07224° or 51° 4′ 20″ northLongitude
1.02358° or 1° 1′ 25″ eastOpen location code
9F3332CF+VCOpenStreetMap ID
way 297369263OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenWikidata ID
Q421395
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Lympne Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lympne Castle”
- Danish: “Lympne Castle”
- Dutch: “Lympne Castle”
- French: “château de Lympne”
- French: “Château de Lympne”
- German: “Lympne Castle”
- Russian: “Замок Лимпн”
- Swedish: “Lympne Castle”
- Turkish: “Lympne Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Лімпн”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lympne Village Hall and Lympne Church of England Primary School.
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