Eythorne

Eythorne is a civil parish and small village of about 1,000 homes, located 7.3 miles NNW of Dover in Kent. There are currently about 2,500 residents. Eythorne holds many historical attributes. Situated a few miles away from Dover beach, it offers many articles of evidence of the Second World War. It is in close in touch with neighbouring village Shepherdswell, together they provide a historical trip that presents the region under the influence of the war. Eythorne has never had any coal mines the nearest one was at Tilmanstone - and that was closed and filled 26 years ago.

Eythorne Baptist Church is more than 450 years old and one of the first Baptist churches in the UK. Esther Copley, wife of William Copley, who was minister in Eythorne from about 1839 to 1843, was a prolific and successful writer of children's books and books on domestic economy. She died in the village in 1851.

The village is on the East Kent Railway, a heritage railway.

Eythorne had three pubs, The Crown, which is still trading and the White Horse and the Palm Tree, now closed. The Palm Tree and the White Horse are now residential properties.

Eythorne is in two halves, Lower Eythorne where the Church of England church is situated, and Upper Eythorne which was the village commercial centre. The Roman Catholic church did not exist in its current format until the 70s.