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Services

Bus Services Greatstone is served by route number 102, with an hourly service southwards to Lydd and northwards to New Romney and on to Dover. Timetable
Stagecoach, Bus Station, St George's Lane, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2SY

  0845 600 2299

 
Dentists  

  01797 364330

 
Mayden Dental Practice, George Lane, New Romney, Kent TN28 8BS

 

 
Doctors      
Church Lane Surgery, Church Lane, New Romney, Kent TN28 8ES

  0844 477 3385

 
Oak Hall Surgery, 41-43 High Street, New Romney, Kent TN28 8BW

  01797 362106

 
Electricity Emergencies  

  0800 783 8866

 
Gas Emergencies  

  0800 111 999

 
Police

 

   

Please see our Kent Police page


 

 
Greatstone School Primary School

  01797 363916

 
Baldwin Road, Greatstone, Kent TN28 8SY

 

 

Greatstone Website

 

  01797 369182

  email

www.greatstone.net

 

 
Lifeboat Station

  01797 362127

web page
Coast Drive, Greatstone, Kent TN28 8NR

 

 
Lydd Town Council

  01797 320999

 

Mobile Library Service

 

  07740 183768

 

Please see our Mobile Library Service page

 

 
New Romney Town Council

  01797 362348

 
Railway RH& D Railway

  01797 362353

web page
Romney Sands station

 

 
Shepway Districy Council

  01303 853000

 

Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2QY

   
Water

  0800 731 1933

 
Folkestone & Dover Water Services

 

 

Car Parks

There two pay and display car parks in Greatstone adjacent to the beach. One is in Coast Drive  opposite to Clark Road and the second,  a long term pay and display car park, in The Parade with its entrance opposite to the Post Office. (see the Greatstone Map).
Footpaths lead directly on to the beach
from both car parks.

Charges apply 10am to 8pm on all days including Sundays and Bank Holidays. Maximum stay is 24 hours

 

Car Park Charges

Charges wef 1 April 2011 are:
Up to 1 hr  - £1.20
Up to 2 hrs - £2.30
Up to 3 hrs - £3.40
Up to 4 hrs - £4.50
Up to 5 hrs - £5.70
Up to 6 hrs - £6.70
Up to 7 hrs - £7.90


Toilets

There are public toilets adjacent to the car park in The Parade. They are open 8am to 7pm from 1 April  to 30 September, and 8am to 5pm from 1 October to 31 March.

Dogs on the Beach

Dogs are allowed on the beach anytime from 1 October to 30  April each year. Please clean up after your dog and use the many litter bins available,

From 1 May to 30 September dogs are banned from the areas of beach, south from the footpath from the car park nearest to the toilets (north end) to the footpath opposite to Seaview Road, some 250 yards before the Romney Sands Hoilday Park. There are appropriate signs adjacent to both footpaths.

 

 

Walking

Greatstone is a great area for walking, be they short walks on the beach or  a long ramble in the nature reserve.

When planning to walk you dog on the beach, please take note of the restrictions for some months of the year.  See  Dogs  on  the  Beach.

A nice short walk that takes in both the north part of the reserve and the beach and dunes is the Greatstone Shingle Trail.

Recycling/Waste/Refuse Disposal

Shepway District Council provide a weekly recycling service and a fortnightly household and garden waste service to homes in Greatstone.

Home refuse collection/recycling

The services operate on the same day each week/fortnight. To find out the days when you put out your home, garden and recycling refuse please click here.

If you are unsure as what type of waste is applicable for what service, then please click here for more information.

Household Waste Recycling Centre

A new Household Waste Recycling Centre opened Mountfield Road, New Romney, in May 2011. The centre is open 8am to 4.30pm Monday to Saturday, and 9am to 4pm on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

The centre accepts a wide range of materials for recycling or disposal, from car batteries to cooking oil. Only plastic bottles are excluded from common household items. For a full list of the items that the centre will accept, please go here.

                    Recycling Centre

Recycling Centre Notice

Lydd Airport

Lydd Airport is a small local airport that lies to the south west of Greatstone with regular flights to Le Touquet on the North French coast.

The airport has submitted plans for increasing its capacity, which many people in Greatstone and the surrounding area feel will severely impact on their quality of live. For more information about these plans and their affect on the Romney Marsh area, please see here.

Report a Local Problem

Do you know of a local problem like graffiti, unlit lampposts, abandoned beds, broken glass on a cycle path in fact anything like that could be usefully reported to your council to be fixed? If so you can report, view, or discuss it at www.fixmystreet.com.

Just  click  on  the  link  or the picture and then enter a nearby GB postcode, or street name and area, locate the problem on a map of the area  and then enter details of the problem. You can also add a photo if you have one.

The website then sends it to the council on your behalf.

Fixmystreet.com


To see a summary of previous reports to our local councils, please click on the appropriate link:
          Shepway District Council

          Kent County Council

 
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