Hythe

Hythe is the name of several towns near the sea, because in old English (Anglo-Saxon) its name means landing-place, port or haven. Many of these places in England are near the sea, but not all. Of course, the shoreline does gradually change.

• The Hythe, Essex, part of Colchester
• Hythe, Hampshire, a village near Southampton
• Hythe, Kent, a small coastal town near Folkestone
  • Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)
• Hythe End, a village, now part of Staines
• Egham Hythe, an area near Egham, Surrey
• New Hythe, a village in Kent
• Small Hythe, a hamlet near Tenterden in Kent
• West Hythe, a hamlet near Palmarsh in Kent

Wetland is called in English "fens". Land draining for agriculture has made England much drier than it was a thousand years ago. The story of Hereward the Wake reminds us of how the land used to be.