NOT What I Expected - My First Visit To DYMCHURCH, Kent!
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- The 4K walking tours of British seaside destinations continues this week as I head to the tranquil village of Dymchurch on the southeast Kent coast.
Located at the edge of the Romney Marshes, this beautiful village has a blue flag awarded beach, a classic amusement park (with a retro ghost train!) but their top tourist attraction is the old-school Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway. Not only that but it’s surrounded by miles of scenic countryside!
This was my first visit and I was surprised to say the least! Come and see why Dymchurch is one of THE places to go when visiting Kent in my latest travel vlog.
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Lived in dymchurch for 37 years and moved away 2 years ago, never fully appreciated it until now and I really miss it, used to take that little railway to school every day when I was younger which was an experience I won't forget.
Ahh that’s such a shame. It does look like such an amazing place to live. I’m going to visit again soon to ride the railway
I swear I went on the Dymchurch train when I was little and there was a photo of me. Cool video, love the off season vibes
Ah that’s so cool!
I think the towers in dungeness are a powerplant!
Oooo even more post apocalyptic 🤣
@@jackryanmiller The 2 towers you saw is Dungeness Nuclear power station. And the big birds in with the sheep are Rhea birds.
@@ledzep665 ah nice one, thanks! I’ve got a video planned early next year for Dungeness as I’m intrigued!
My Nan lived in New Romney and I used to go visit every couple of weeks and went through Dymchurch and I tell you, it has not changed much in 35 plus years!
Ha ha my parents said exactly the same thing!
Hi, Jack. Nice video! I was born in Dymchurch and grew up there. You asked for things you missed. If you carry on past the Methodist church for 5 mins you get to the Norman Church (where I was baptised). A minute further and you'll see another pub called the Ship (good food, I hear). The village carries on for another 3 miles (mostly) along the coast to a mini-fortress called the Redoubt, next to Hythe Ranges. I don't know about ostriches, but halfway towards the Redoubt there's a llama farm at Burmarsh Corner. I have bitter-sweet memories of the Little Train; it's fun for a day trip but I had to commute to school on it for 6 years - very cold and damp in February! Lastly, the Day of Syn display you saw is to promote the "Day of Syn", a village festival that takes place on August Bank Holiday every other year: smugglers and revenue men parade through the village etc. It started in 1964 to celebrate a set of books about a vicar-turned-smuggler called Dr Syn, written by Russell Thorndyke, which also got turned into a couple of films (one by Disney!) and a TV series. All the characters in the books are named after people buried in the churchyard. The next one is later this year (2024). Happy travelling!
Hi Rik thanks very much for your comment, I honestly love hearing from people with knowledge or experience from the area and that’s all useful for my future returns. I don’t envy you for that school commute on the train though 😄
I live in Dymchurch.. really busy in summer people even have to park in the side roads.. the train station is a miniature railway that goes from dungeness and hythe.. wouldn't want to live anywhere else
Cheers Scott, sounds like a great place to live, I’d love to actually ride that railway one day. I was lucky to have picked a quiet day to go 😄
I too love the solitude, which unfortunately makes me very very sad and lonely. Thank you for sharing your experience.😊
Thank you Jon, please don’t be sad
@@jackryanmiller Thanks for your messages and videos, it’s keeps my sad and depressed, lonely life at bay! On a positive note, your videos are much appreciated and enjoyed, by many sad & lonely folk all over the globe. Thanks 🙏🏻
Nice video.
I joined one of those heritage sites a few months back.
All my paternal relatives from my Great grandfather who moved to Greenwich ,London ,as far back as I've got to the early 1800s are in the Romney Marsh area .
Great Great Grandfather married in the church in Dymchurch...
The Census records him and his family living in a village called Orgarswick ,I think Dymchurch swallowed it up as I can only find a street of that name!
They were all agricultural workers...he went on to be a tenant farmer in the village of Newchurch more inland.
All sheepfarming I believe.
I still live in London.
Hey thanks so much for sharing, that’s really interesting, it’s amazing what you can find on those heritage sites
Grew up and live here. Quiet in winter and busy in summer with visitors. It’s very seasonal. The station is mainly open in summer and for tourists, runs from Hythe to Dungeness and runs through the Marsh at the back. It’s the smallest running railway in the world. Beware of the gulls, have seen them fly down and snap an entire cod straight out of your hand. They dive bomb 🤣
Thanks a lot! I’m actually planning to go Hythe soon so hoping to try out the railway this time!
One of my favourite Kent towns. I always visit the railway whenever I travel to the UK from Australia.
That’s amazing, it really is such a unique town 😄
The little train is the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway,
The 3 big things in the distance, are Dungeness A, B, C, Nuclear power station's,
The napoleionic tower in the car part is currently being turned into a holiday let.
The amusement arcade has been there over 60 years ,
Thanks very much for the info. I’m very keen to explore Dungeness at some point. And might come back to stay at the holiday let!
Catch the train in Hythe, get a one day pass, hop on, off, at all the stations, good cafe at the end of the line,
Enjoy your trip
Really good fish and chips
I must try next time I’m down there!
I've recently moved to Dymchurch, its a fantastic place to live for sure. Has a proper Bakery that sells the best sausage rolls Ive ever eaten, and I've eaten a lot of sausage rolls 😂
Ahh I’m very envious! Even more envious that you’ve got a proper bakery!! Greggs just isn’t the same 😁
Just love the aerial views. They are my favourite 😊
Oh yes thank you, that’s my favourite bit to film as well 😁
New area for me 😊
I hope you enjoyed 😎
Went on holiday with mum and dad in the early 60's to a holiday camp in Dymchurch, three or four times. I wonder if it's still there.
Oooh yes my parents went to a holiday camp just down the road from Dymchurch but they said that’s now gone 😦such a shame
I love Dymchurch esp cycling along the sea front and then down the country lanes. The beach is lovely esp when the tide is out, it goes on forever, beautiful.
Thanks v much for the comment, I’d love to cycle all the way down! It’s got that great mix of sea on one side, countryside on the other 😁
I nearly drowned at Dymchurch about 70 years ago. The tide goes out miles and I went out with it, but I was happy out there and didn't start back until it was too late. The chap that got me back to safety just disappeared without waiting for Thanks from Mum. I've been there many, many times since but never in the sea!!
Oh wow I bet that was an experience! Something to always remember Dymchurch by !!
The next time you visit jump on the miniature train and take a ride to Dungeness! Also wait for the tide to go out… it goes out for miles 😀
Oh yes, you know I really wanted to film a video at Dungeness but you’re not allowed to without a permit!
I grew up visiting Dymchurch most weekends, staying in Mum & Dads caravan. Many years later I bought a home there, lovely neighbours, bar one who made our lives a misery. Unfortunately she also sat on the Parish council, which is run like some kind of feudal fiefdom, they also seemed to be related. Our face didn’t fit so we gave up & sold up and moved 1.5 miles further up the road to St Mary’s Bay and had no such problems there.
Thanks for your comment. Sorry to hear about your experience living in Dymchurch but sounds like it’s a lot better down the road 👍
Great video, looks like you chose a very quiet day. The railway runs every day during the summer months, between Hythe and Dungeness with lots of stations in between, and then weekends plus days re: half term, Halloween, Christmas Santa train, valentine etc. I can hear it from my Garden. The city of london pub has now just recently reopened. And the fun fair closes after October half term until Easter. You need to return on a hot summers day, it’s totally rammed.
Thanks so much for your comment! I actually can’t imagine what it would be like when rammed but sounds great. I’ll definitely be back next year as I want to try the railway (and to try the city of London pub 🤣)
Also, I definitely think The Gulls would make a great horror sequel to The Birds
How do you make it look so nice
I think maybe because no one was there as it was filmed in October 😆😆
That is a real train station
I’ll definitely be going for a ride on there this summer
@@jackryanmiller It's fun. I've been on it a couple of times
Gotta love that standard weird awful music at a deafening volume in every arcade.
Ha ha booming out 11am on a Wednesday morning in October
@@jackryanmiller imagine working there every day. I think i'd rather work inside the engines of a jumbo jet.
Everything looks so deary and run down .
Ah yeh I’m blaming the weather for that one 😅