A BIT ABOUT FOLKESTONE
Folkestone is a seaside town situated on the Kent coast about ten miles from Dover and on the main M20 Motorway from London. It grew to prosperity in the Victorian Era as both a port and a seaside resort and while it still is both, it has changed quite a bit since its early days.
In a few years time, the town will be less than an hour from London thanks to the new CTRL (Channel Tunnel Rail link ) seen here under construction...
The hope is, if all goes to plan, that domestic trains to London will be able to run on it. This should bring Folkestone to within a 50 minute or so journey to London, instead of one and a half to two hours at present. If the growth of other towns with similar links to London is anything to go by, hopefully Folkestone will be the place to be in, say, 2015 !!
Back in the present, we offer you some different aspects of Folkestone to explore. Make your choice from the options below.
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