Lynsted

Lynsted
Scuttington Manor Oast House
inside church of St Peter and St Paul, Lynsted
Lynsted Location within Kent
Population	1,600 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	TQ 943608
Civil parish	Lynsted with Kingsdown
District	Swale
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Sittingbourne
Postcode district	ME9
Dialling code	01795
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
List of places UK England Kent 51°18′47″N 0°47′09″E / 51.313°N 0.7859°E / 51.313; 0.7859

Lynsted is a village in Lynsted with Kingsdown civil parish in the Swale borough of Kent, England. The village is situated south of the A2 road between Faversham and Sittingbourne and the nearest M2 junction is Faversham three miles east. Lynsted is in many respects an archetypal old English village with church, churchyard with an ancient yew, pub (the Black Lion) and a duck pond. The village is locally referred to as Lovely, Lovely Lynsted and various songs have been written about it.