Lympne has a population of 1,704, making it the 83rd largest place in Kent.
#83
of 155 in Kent
The other populations of Lympne
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Lympne has between 1,070 and 1,704 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
1,704 | GeoNames |
| The built-up area Continuous development, where buildings sit less than 200m apart. Drawn from where the buildings are, not where the council boundary is. |
1,070 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Folkestone and Hythe population trends, 2001–2025.
Lympne in context
4 km
east to Hythe, the nearest larger town
95,808
people live within 10 km
#3,193
largest of 6,358 UK places
573
food businesses in Folkestone and Hythe
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Lympne sits in postcode district CT21.
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Population since 2001
Folkestone and Hythe, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district CT21
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Kent
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrotham | 1,921 |
| 2 | Wye | 1,915 |
| 3 | Charing | 1,841 |
| 4 | Shepherdswell | 1,630 |
| 5 | Horsmonden | 1,620 |
| 6 | Bridge | 1,576 |