Eurotunnel suspended its Le Shuttle passenger service through the tunnel at Folkestone, but the service has resumed with ...

Creative Folkestone Triennial 2021, The Plot, is a free exhibition that opened to the public in July and runs until 2 November, with 23 major new public artworks across the town by 25 artists. With ...

For those who like to brush off the cobwebs on Boxing Day, a long-running cold-water dip is returning to the Kent coast.

Scores of people braved the cold waters for the annual Boxing Day Dip in Folkestone. Swimmers arrived at Sunny Sands beach ...

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 ...

Folkestone in Kent has been named the best place to live in South East England. The town's “eye-catching regeneration” and “impressive schools” helped secure its place in the S unday Times Best Places ...

This seaside town was dying the same quiet death as so many cast-off Victorian holiday resorts until billionaire Roger De Haan, whose father founded the Saga empire, decided to invest millions in ...

The world's last sea-going paddle steamer has made its first trip from Folkestone to London in over 20 years. The Waverley set off from Folkestone Harbour at 10:00 BST with 600 passengers onboard. It ...

During lockdown, many of us made the pilgrimage back to our family homes – and rediscovered them through fresh eyes. Part guide, part love letter, “Home Towns” is a series in which we celebrate where ...

Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens. It’s a Talking Heads lyric, and also the wording on an outsized, illuminated-text artwork by Nathan Coley, towering over pedestrians on Folkestone’s ...

The Author in 1940 complete with gas mask and tin hat My life in Folkestone during World War Two (as seen through the eyes of a young child ) When the war started I was two and a half and when it ...

The image appeared on a wall in Payers Park in Folkestone during the town's Triennial Festival A mural painted by the street artist Banksy has been returned to Folkestone after a legal battle to get ...