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New Romney is a town of strange geography and deep history, sitting on the edge of the Romney Marsh and about a mile inland from the coast at Littlestone. Though it feels like a quiet rural hub today, it was originally one of the great Cinque Ports; the town was left high and dry in the late 13th century when a violent storm silted up the River Rother and shifted its course. You can still see evidence of this at the massive St Nicholas Church, where the ground level outside is significantly higher than the floor inside, marking the height of the medieval flood silt. Life here revolves around the wide, historic High Street, which offers a good mix of independent shops and essential services that serve the wider marshland communities. It is a practical place to live, well-connected by road to Ashford and Hythe, and famously home to the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch miniature railway. The landscape surrounding the town is famously flat and open, defined by its big skies and a network of drainage ditches, offering a unique sense of space that you won't find anywhere else in Kent.