Lade, Kent
Encyclopedia
Lade is a coastal hamlet
in the English
county of Kent
.
Lade is adjacent to, and north of, Lydd-on-Sea
. It had a railway station
on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
which is now closed.
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
in the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
.
Lade is adjacent to, and north of, Lydd-on-Sea
Lydd-on-Sea
Lydd-on-Sea is a modern village, mostly built after World War II, which consists mainly of bungalows built along the Dungeness coastal road south of Greatstone, Kent, England. The Southern Railway opened a railway station here in 1937, but this was closed in 1967...
. It had a railway station
Lade railway station
Lade railway station was a station on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent, England.In common with most stations on the Dungeness line of the railway , Lade station opened for business on 24 May 1928. Despite having full station status, it was never intended to be a major station...
on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is a gauge light railway in Kent, England. The line runs from the Cinque Port of Hythe via Dymchurch, St...
which is now closed.