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Folkestone Roman Villa, also referred to as the East Bay Site, is a villa built during the Roman Occupation of Britain, and is located in East Wear Bay near the port town of Folkestone, in Kent, England.
The Creative Folkestone Triennial is an arts festival held every three years in Folkestone, Kent, England. [2]Site-specific artworks are commissioned for what are often unusual locations around the town, a number of works remaining in place permanently after the end of each festival as part of the permanent Creative Folkestone Artworks exhibition.
Folkestone (/ ˈ f ə ʊ k s t ən / ⓘ FOHK-stən) is a coastal town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour, shipping port, and fashionable coastal resort for most of the 19th and mid-20th centuries.
The Folkestone White Horse. The Folkestone White Horse is a white horse hill figure, carved into Cheriton Hill, Folkestone, Kent, South East England. It overlooks the English terminal of the Channel Tunnel and was completed in June 2003. [1] The horse was planned as a Millennium Landmark [2] to help regenerate the Folkestone area. [3]
The South Eastern Main Line reached Folkestone in 1843, with a station being opened at Folkestone Junction (Folkestone East) on 18 December 1843. Folkestone West was opened on 1 November 1863 as Shorncliffe Camp, [1] initially with two platform faces either side of double track. In 1881 the station was rebuilt with two platform faces either ...
A Folkestone Town Council was subsequently established as a lower-tier parish council in 2004. [13] The ground floor of the town hall was converted for retail use in the late 1980s and the first floor was converted for use as a cinema at the same time. [7] The building was acquired by Folkestone Town Council in June 2011.
The Santa Ana winds that fanned the fires devastating Southern California were forecast to return as firefighters scrambled to douse the deadly blazes that have destroyed more than 10,000 homes ...
The earthworks of Folkestone Castle on the summit of Castle Hill. Folkestone Castle stood on a spur of the North Downs to the north of the town of Folkestone , Kent ( grid reference TR214380 ). The Norman castle on a natural mound which existed in the late 11th and 12th centuries.