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Lympne ( / l ɪ m /^ⓘ ), anteriormenteLymne, es un pueblo situado en los antiguos acantilados costeros de pendiente suave sobre la extensa llanura agrícola deRomney MarshenKent, Inglaterra. El asentamiento tiene forma de L y se extiende desdeel zoológico de Port Lympne,pasando porcastillo de Lympnefrente al parque industrial de Lympne, y luego a través del asentamiento principal hasta Newingreen en el norte, centrado a11km (7mi)al oeste deFolkestone,2,3mi (3,7km)al oeste deHythey13km (8,1mi)al ESEdeAshford.        

En la época romana , Lympne era conocida como Portus Lemanis , de donde (o del epónimo británico del cual) deriva el nombre inglés en una forma escrita idéntica a una de sus formas registradas en inglés medio. Se encontraba al final de la calzada romana que venía de Canterbury , conocida hoy como Stone Street. Tenía un fuerte de la Costa Sajona y, según una fuente del siglo V , estaba guarnecido por un regimiento originalmente formado en Tournai , en el norte de la Galia . ^{[ 2 ]} Los restos se encuentran al pie de los acantilados orientados al sur; están en terrenos privados, pero se pueden visitar gracias a un sendero público que cruza la zona. En la época anglosajona, el fuerte recibió el nombre de "Stutfall", que significa " redil en el que se guarda un rebaño". [ 3 ^{] Una de} las casas más antiguas del pueblo es The Sanctuary; partes del edificio datan de 1774. ^{[ 4 ]}

From 1923, Lympne Aerodrome was home to the Lympne light aircraft trials and air races. In the 1930s, it was the starting point for several long-distance record flights, including a solo one to Cape Town by Amy Johnson in 1932, and also ones by her later husband Jim Mollison. Jean Batten later flew from Lympne to Darwin, beating Johnson's long-distance record, in 1934. In the post-war years, the world's first air car-ferry service was operated by Silver City Airways between Lympne and Le Touquet. The airport has closed and has become an industrial estate.

Port Lympne Zoo is west of where the older part of Lympne stands. St. Stephen's church, the Church of England parish church of Lympne, is listed in the highest category of listed building and so too 14th and 15th century Lympne Castle founded 'probably in the late 13th century' according to the UK statutory body's experts. Adjacent, these landmarks overlook the Romney Marsh plain including Palmarsh sailing club lake immediately to the south of the steep slope to the south. The church mostly is a late 11th to 14th century in various parts of different centuries between these and was restored including by English architect J.P. St Aubyn, having monuments separately listed in the grounds to the Wooly and Knatchbull families. Margaret Damer Dawson co-founder of the Women's Police Service and Catherine Victoria Hall co-founder of the RSPB are buried together in the churchyard. The castle has an adjoining medieval wellhead. The structure was restored and saw additions in 1907 and 1911–12 by Robert Lorimer, Arts and Crafts Scottish architect.^[5][6]

Lympne is part of the electoral ward called Lympne and Stanford. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,004.^[7]

Sports

A village football team plays in Kent leagues and trains new sides in the sport: Lympne Village Football Club, LVFC. Neighbouring villages provide other sports, such as cricket in the summer which is played informally in Lympne.

Lympne se extiende a ambos lados de la carretera B2067 que une Hythe con Aldington , Hamstreet y Tenterden . La estación de tren más cercana está en Westenhanger .

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