Lympne is a friendly small village situated on the former ridge of sea cliffs above Romney Marsh and the town of Hythe. The village straddles the B2067 road from Hythe which leads onwards to Aldington, Hamstreet and Tenterden. In Roman times Lympne was known as Portus Lemanis, from which the name Lympne is derived; it lay at the end of the Roman road from Canterbury, known today as Stone Street. The remains of a Saxon Shore fort can be found on the lower slopes below Lympne Castle; in Anglo-Saxon times the fort was called Stutfall, meaning a fold in which a herd is kept. Lympne is well known for Port Lympne Zoo which occupies land sloping down to the Hythe canal. Upon and adjacent to a small industrial estate, Lympne Aerodrome operated from 1923, hosting a long distance record flight to Cape Town by Amy Johnson in 1932 and another to Darwin by Jean Batten in 1924. It became a military airfield during the wars and then enjoyed some commercial success after 1946, with commercial flights ceasing in 1974. A sound mirror can be found along the ridge towards Hythe. A free monthly newsletter is distributed to all residents.

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