Lydden

Lydden is also the name of a hamlet in the Manston, Kent civil parish

Lydden
The Lydden Bell pub, Lydden
Lydden Lydden shown within Kent
Population	673 (2011) ^[1]
OS grid reference	TR262455
District	Dover
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Dover
Postcode district	CT15
Dialling code	01304
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Dover
List of places UK England Kent

Coordinates: 51°09′51″N 1°14′02″E / 51.1642°N 1.234°E / 51.1642; 1.234

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.

There were two pubs in the village, The Lydden Bell (pictured on the right) and The Hope Inn. The former pub is thriving offering good quality food and a home to the village skittle and dart team. The Hope, however, has been shut since January 2011 partly knocked down and converted into a house, the grounds are being developed into new housing. There is also a school and a church in the village.

Perhaps one of the most notable things about Lydden is the surrounding landscape. Lydden is set in a steep sided valley with grazing pasture and pockets of woodland along the valley side facing north west and an extensive National Nature Reserve (The Lydden Temple Ewell NNR) facing south west. The NNR is famous for its chalk grassland habitat and species including the adonis blue butterfly.

As of 2012 there has been a new Doctor's surgery built in Lydden, it was built to replace the former Doctor's surgery in River which has now been closed.

Governance

Lydden is part of the electoral ward called Lydden and Temple Ewell. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 2,342.^[2]

References

↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 4 October 2015.
↑ "Lydden and Temple Ewell ward population 2011". Retrieved 4 October 2015.

2. Kent Wildlife Trust

Settlements in the Dover District of Kent

	Towns	Deal Dover Sandwich Walmer

	Villages and hamlets	Alkham Ash Ashley Aycliff Aylesham Barfrestone Barnsole Betteshanger Buckland Buttsole Capel-le-Ferne Chillenden Church Whitfield Coldred Coombe Denton Drellingore East Langdon Eastry East Studdal Elmstone Elvington Ewell Minnis Eythorne Farthingloe Finglesham Frogham Goodnestone Great Mongeham Little Mongeham Guston Hacklinge Ham Hoaden Hougham Kearsney Kingsdown Knowlton Langdon Lydden Marley Marshborough Martin Martin Mill Maxton Nonington Northbourne Preston-next-Wingham Richborough Ringwould Ripple River Shepherdswell Sholden Sibertswold Snowdown St Margaret's at Cliffe Staple Stourmouth Sutton Swingate Temple Ewell Tilmanstone Waldershare Ware West Langdon West Studdal Westcliffe Westmarsh Whitfield Wingham Woodnesborough Wootton Worth

	Civil parishes	List of civil parishes in Kent

List of places in Kent

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lydden.

Kent County Council – Local Government website
Lydden Temple Ewell Reserve (Kent Wildlife Trust)
Natural England - The national government agency who regulate National Nature Reserves

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