Folkestone Harbour railway station still stands, but is no longer the gateway to Europe it once was. The funds will be used to repair the breakwater at Mermaid Beach in Folkestone after Storm Goretti.

It is a reflection of our close relationship to the landscapes we inhabit that “the lie of the land” has become a general term for taking the measure of things, for gauging a situation and assessing ...

Folkestone in Kent has traditionally been overshadowed by its bustling neighbour, Dover. Like many renowned seaside resorts across the UK, Folkestone thrived from the Edwardian era through to the ...

The recent vandalism has resulted in more than £60,000 worth of unexpected repairs ...

Folkestone has been making waves in the national press recently – with one magazine even suggesting it could be usurping Brighton as the UK’s coastal property hotspot. Interest has been growing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every run-down town in the Nineties and Noughties had one: the dodgy nightclub with a monopoly on teenagers wanting to find a hook ...

Folkestone still flies a bit under the radar when it comes to a weekend mini break. Margate gets all the “Hackney-on-sea” hype, and Whitstable the hoards of oyster-seeking tourists, and yet Folkestone ...

The reduced operating hours will be in effect “until further notice” ...

On the windswept harbour arm of Folkestone, visitors sit and enjoy cocktails and artisan pizzas in the warm August sun. A short walk from Rocksalt, the sleek timber and glass fish restaurant opened by ...

Along The Leas — the impressive swathe of clifftop green space running above the seafront — there is all the evidence that this was once a fashionable seaside resort. And in the centre of town the ...