Port Lympne Reserve, Hythe

Name: Port Lympne Reserve
Address: Aldington Rd, Hythe, CT21 4LR, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1303 394040

#1 among attractions in Hythe

Top attraction, Zoo

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Facts and practical information

Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve near the town of Hythe in 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. ()

Alternative names: Opened: 1976 (48 years ago)Area: 0.94 mi²Animals: 650Species: 50Coordinates: 51°4'38"N, 1°0'8"E

Address

Aldington RdHythe CT21 4LR United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1303 394040

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Day trips

Port Lympne Reserve – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ashford Designer Outlet, Dymchurch Martello Tower, Conningbrook Lakes Country Park, Willesborough Windmill.

6.8 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Ashford Designer Outlet, Ashford
173 min walk • The Ashford Designer Outlet is a shopping centre in Ashford, Kent, England. The McArthurGlen Ashford Designer Outlet was designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership and engineers Buro Happold, and opened in March 2000. There are over 120 designer brands located at the shopping outlet.
3.5 miS
Military museum, History museum, Museum
Dymchurch Martello Tower, Dymchurch
89 min walk • Dymchurch Martello Tower is a Martello tower in Dymchurch, Kent England. It stands immediately behind the sea wall. It has been designated by English Heritage as a scheduled monument and a Grade II listed building.
7 miNW
Park
Conningbrook Lakes Country Park, Ashford
180 min walk • Conningbrook Lakes Country Park is a 34.3-hectare nature reserve in Kennington, Ashford in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust. There are three lakes in these former gravel pits, and other habitats are ponds, a river, grassland and wet woodland.
6.2 miNW
Museum, Architecture
Willesborough Windmill, Ashford
159 min walk • New Mill is a Grade II* listed smock mill in Hythe Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent. It stands just west of junction 10 of the M20 motorway. It was built in 1869 and is now a museum open to the public.
1 miE
Forts and castles
Lympne Castle
26 min walk • Lympne Castle is a 18,862 square feet medieval castle located in the village of Lympne, Kent, above Romney Marsh.
2.5 miSE
Forts and castles
Dymchurch Redoubt
63 min walk • Dymchurch Grand Redoubt is a fortification at Palmarsh on the coast of Kent in England, built during the Napoleonic War as part of a large defensive scheme to protect the country from an expected French invasion.
1 miSE
Archaeological site
Portus Lemanis
27 min walk • Portus Lemanis, also known as Lemanae, was the Latin name of a Roman Saxon Shore fort, settlement and port in southern Kent. The modern village of Lympne derives its name from the ancient port.
2.7 miE
Park
Brockhill Country Park, Kent Downs
71 min walk • Brockhill Country Park is in Saltwood, near Hythe in Kent, England. The park was a former estate with landscaped gardens and has subsequently been sub-divided. The house now forms the main building for a performing arts college, whilst the gardens and lake now form part of the country park.
2.2 miE
Hill
The Roughs, Kent Downs
57 min walk • The Roughs are an escarpment of the North Downs above Romney Marsh in Kent, on the south coast of England.
2.8 miE
Park, Universities and schools
Brockhill Park Performing Arts College, Hythe
73 min walk • Brockhill Park Performing Arts College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Saltwood, Kent near the coastal town of Hythe. The school is located next to Brockhill Country Park and include a farm. Brockhill is known for its tough cross country running course and its neighbouring country park.
7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Elham Valley
180 min walk • The Elham Valley is a chalk valley carved by the River Nailbourne situated in the North Downs in East Kent. The valley is named after the settlement of Elham.