Lydden
Encyclopedia
Lydden is also the name of a hamlet in the Manston, Kent
civil parish
Lydden is a civil parish
and small village
in the Dover
district of Kent
, England
. The Lydden Race Circuit
is located between here and Wootton
to the west of the village.
Lydden village consists of a triangle of 3 roads: Canterbury Road (part of the old A2 running between Dover, Canterbury and London), Stonehall and Church Lane.
Manston, Kent
Manston is a village and civil parish in the Thanet district of Kent, England. The village is situated one mile north-west of Ramsgate. The parish includes four hamlets and Kent International Airport.-Etymology:...
civil parish
Lydden is a civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
and small village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the Dover
Dover (district)
Dover is a local government district in Kent, England. Dover is its administrative centre. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the boroughs of Deal, Dover, and Sandwich along with Dover Rural District and most of Eastry Rural District...
district of Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The Lydden Race Circuit
Lydden Race Circuit
Lydden Hill Race Circuit is the UK's shortest road racing circuit at exactly one mile , based at Wootton about half-way between Canterbury and Dover in Kent. The track is mainly used for rallycross, drift, saloon and sports car racing as well as motorcycle racing...
is located between here and Wootton
Wootton, Kent
Wootton is a village near Dover in Kent, England. Birthplace of Leonard Digges, inventor of the Telescope.It once had a Baptist chapel, linked to the Eythorne Baptist Church group....
to the west of the village.
Lydden village consists of a triangle of 3 roads: Canterbury Road (part of the old A2 running between Dover, Canterbury and London), Stonehall and Church Lane.
External links
- Kent County Council – Local Government website
- http://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=107Lydden Temple Ewell Reserve (Kent Wildlife TrustKent Wildlife TrustKent Wildlife Trust covers the county of Kent, England, and is one of the largest of the 47 Wildlife Trust organisations in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and Alderney...
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