Lyminge

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	Folkestone and Hythe
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
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	Folkestone and Hythe
List of places UK England Kent 51°07′37″N 1°05′15″E / 51.127°N 1.0876°E / 51.127; 1.0876

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.^{[So what was the combined figure?]} The Nailbourne begins in the village and flows north through the valley, to become one of the tributaries 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 and various species of deer, along with wild boar, which are thought to have escaped from farms.

Lyminge was a royal centre of the Kingdom of Kent of Anglo-Saxon England and a church was founded in 633.