RAF Lympne
Royal Air Force Lympne or more simply RAF Lympne is a former Royal Air Force satellite station in Kent used during the First and Second World Wars. It was opened in 1916 by the Royal Flying Corps as an acceptance point for aircraft being delivered to, and returned from, France.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Bunker
- Description: UK Royal Air Force airbase
- Also known as: “RAF Lympne Battle Headquarters”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Port Lympne Wild Animal Park and 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 1 mile south of RAF Lympne.
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. Lympne Castle is situated 1¼ miles southeast of RAF Lympne.
Port Lympne Mansion
Hotel
Photo: Andy Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Port Lympne, at Lympne, Kent is an early 20th-century country house built for Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet by Herbert Baker and Philip Tilden. Completed after the First World War. Port Lympne Mansion is situated 1 mile southwest of RAF Lympne.
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.
Westenhanger
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanford is a village and civil parish in Kent, England. It is part of the Folkestone and Hythe district. The village developed along the ancient Roman Stone Street and was divided by the construction of the M20 motorway into Stanford North and Stanford South.
RAF Lympne
- Categories: Royal Air Force station, airbase, building, and military installation
- Location: Lympne, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.08581° or 51° 5′ 9″ northLongitude
1.00911° or 1° 0′ 33″ eastOpen location code
9F3332P5+8JOpenStreetMap ID
way 95383981OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunkerWikidata ID
Q7275457
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Tajik—“RAF Lympne” goes by many names.
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF Lympne”
- German: “RAF Lympne”
- Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی لیمنپن”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате лимнпн”
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