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'''Hythe''' (Derivation: OE ''landing place'' or ''harbour'') is a seaside resort town on the [[Kent]] coast of [[England]] about 12km (8 miles) south-west of [[Folkstone]]. It was one of the original [[Cinque Ports]] with [[Dover UK|Dover]], [[Hastings]], [[Romney UK|Romney]] and [[Sandwich UK|Sandwich]]) although the now defunct port is separated from the town by the Royal Military Canal which was built as an anti-invasion measure against [[Napoleon]].
 
'''Hythe''' (Derivation: OE ''landing place'' or ''harbour'') is a seaside resort town on the [[Kent]] coast of [[England]] about 12km (8 miles) south-west of [[Folkstone]]. It was one of the original [[Cinque Ports]] with [[Dover UK|Dover]], [[Hastings]], [[Romney UK|Romney]] and [[Sandwich UK|Sandwich]]) although the now defunct port is separated from the town by the Royal Military Canal which was built as an anti-invasion measure against [[Napoleon]].
    
Hythe is at one end of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, the smallest public railway in the world.
 
Hythe is at one end of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, the smallest public railway in the world.
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Reference:  Brewer’s Britain and Ireland
    
[[Category: United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]
 
[[Category: United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]
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