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Dymchurch
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Dymchurch is a village and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. The village is located on the coast five miles (8 km) south-west of Hythe, and on the Romney Marsh.

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Place details

Locality
Folkestone and Hythe
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
3,263
Timezone
Europe/London

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.static_image_name
Dymchurch beach 18.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Dymchurch Beach
UK place.official_name
Dymchurch
UK place.population
3,752
UK place.population_ref
(2011)
UK place.shire_district
Folkestone and Hythe
UK place.shire_county
Kent
UK place.region
South East England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Folkestone and Hythe
UK place.post_town
ROMNEY MARSH
UK place.postcode_district
TN29
UK place.postcode_area
TN
UK place.dial_code
01303

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
civil parish
Population
3725
Image
St Peter and St Paul Church, Dymchurch - geograph.org.uk - 2674440.jpg
Dialing code
01303
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Commons category
Dymchurch
postal code
TN29
OS grid reference
TR101292
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Encyclopedic overview

22 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Dymchurch Martello towers
  • Dymchurch Redoubt
  • Second World War
  • Governance
  • Famous residents and cultural connections
  • Transport
  • Bus routes
  • Tourism
  • Beach
  • The Dr Syn Books
  • RH&DR
  • Sea defences
  • Population
  • Buildings of note
  • The Norman church in Dymchurch
  • Commonwealth War Grave
  • Local media
  • Newspapers
  • Radio
  • References
  • External links

Dymchurch is a village and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. The village is located on the coast five miles (8 km) south-west of Hythe, and on the Romney Marsh.

==History== The history of Dymchurch began with the gradual build-up of the Romney Marsh.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dymchurch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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