| Lyminge | |
|---|---|
 Tayne Field with the Coach & Horses pub and the church in the background | |
  Lyminge Location within Kent | |
| Population | 2,717 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TR 161 410 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Folkestone |
| Postcode district | CT18 |
| Dialling code | 01303 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Lyminge /lɪmɪndʒ/ is a village and civil parish in southeast Kent, England. It lies about five miles (8 km) from Folkestone and the Channel Tunnel, on the road passing through the Elham Valley. At the 2011 Census the population of Etchinghill was included. The Nailbourne stream begins in the village and flows north through the Valley, to become one of the tributary streams of the Great Stour. The hamlet of Ottinge lies to the NE on the road to Elham. Lyminge is home to the Grade II* listed Sibton Park, now owned by the Holiday Property Bond but previously a school.
The village is surrounded by farmland and ancient forests. There is a wide variety of flora and fauna in the surrounding area, including badgers, various species of deer along with wild boar which are thought to have escaped from farmed populations.
Lyminge was a royal centre of the Kingdom of Kent of Anglo-Saxon England and a church was founded in 633.
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 5 October 2015.