TR1134 : Lympne Village Sign
taken 8 years ago, near to Lympne, Kent, England

Lympne is a village on the former shallow-gradient sea cliffs above the expansive agricultural plain of Romney Marsh in Kent. The settlement forms an L shape stretching from Port Lympne Zoo via Lympne Castle facing Lympne Industrial Park then via the main settlement to Newingreen in the north, centred 11 km west of Folkestone, 2.3 mi west of Hythe and 13 km ESE of Ashford. In Roman times Lympne was known as Portus Lemanis.
King George VI recommended that the old custom of identifying villages with carved or painted name signs could be revived. In 1920, Biddenden had won a Daily Mail competition for a sign featuring the two Biddenden Maids.
More villages followed, especially in 1953, the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. More signs have been put up due to the Millennium. This has meant half of the county villages are identified.]
See also Link , an article on Kent Village Signs
- Grid Square
- TR1134, 186 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- N Chadwick (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Friday, 6 April, 2018 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 17 June, 2018
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TR 1187 3495
[10m precision]
WGS84: 51:4.4850N 1:1.3854E - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
TR 1187 3497
- View Direction
- SOUTH (about 180 degrees)
