Folkestone 

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The town of Folkestone is an urban area that is larger than a village but smaller than a city. Unless Folkestone grows to a size where it is elevated to a higher administrative status it is effectively a parish but to differentiate between the two at the turn of the last century towns were granted the right to allow their elected representatives call themselves a "Town Council" and to, from their number, elect a Mayor. Other than that they have the same legal rights and responsibilities as a Parish Council.

The Town Councils have many powers and some duties. (Cf. The Good Councillors Guide).

An example of a power is the one that allows the purchase and operation of street lighting. One duty requires the council to open the meetings to the press and public, with few exceptions. They manage local amenities in Folkestone and have a watching brief on local issues and their opinion is noted by those higher authorities in matters concerning them such as local planning issues.

Are you looking for your ancestors in Folkestone

We get many requests from people looking for their ancestors but we do not carry that kind information as we are concerned with places rather than people. So we provide you with a link to one of the best UK online ancestry databases on the Internet.

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Your own Local Folkestone News and Local Photographs

You can upload news items, articles, stories and images (photographs) of Folkestone that will appear on these pages. Follow the link immediately below for more information on how to do and to see what's been uploaded already.

Local news and editorial about Folkestone submitted by website users

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Local images around Folkestone submitted by website users

Local Folkestone Services

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Organisations in or about Folkestone

Some of the organisations that we have included in our Folkestone pages appear on the map above providing they have a bricks and mortar premises in Folkestone however others operate entirely on the internet but are based in Folkestone or their website is entirely about Folkestone. You can visit those organisations that we have decided to include on our Organisations in or about Folkestone pages.

Local Visitor Attractions and Event Venues

Attractions and Event Venues are shown on the map and sidebar at the top of this page but if you would like a list of them ordered by type where you can select the location you require for more information including location map, address, contact details and forthcoming events in our section about Visitor Attractions and Event Venues in Folkestone

Alternatively you may follow this link to see what the attractions in the surrounding area have to offer

Calling all Professional Entertainers based in Folkestone

We have completed (Jan 09) the build of a new section to promote professional British entertainers, of all types and popularity.

If you are a professional entertainer working in the UK then follow this for more information about what we are doing and if Folkestone is where you (or your group) are based and you would like to enter your details into our exciting new section about British Entertainers go here Professional Entertainers Application Form

Employment opportunities in Folkestone

To assist everyone during the current troubled times we are displaying here employment opportunities and job vacancies in the Town of Folkestone and as in some of the smaller locations that may well return nothing we are also showing available vacancies in the surrounding area. If you're looking for a job see what is here Employment opportunities and job vacancies in or near to Folkestone, good luck!

Public Events in and around Folkestone

Event and Entertainment Diary

Here are the first three public events and entertainment we have listed in Folkestone and major events from the surrounding area. We do not show here events from neighbouring communities of a similar size, if you wish to see what they have to offer then you will have to visit them! HOWEVER if you are organising an event in this Town you will soon be able to enter the details directly from this page.

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Tribute Bands  One Night of Queen 30/07/2010 30/07/2010 The Tribute Bands performance of One Night of Queen on 30/07/2010 at Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone is due to start at 19:30:00, You are advised to arrive at Leas Cliff Hall early.  Venue information of Leas Cliff Hall including its location and other events

Musical  Fame - Kidz on Stage 25/08/2010 25/08/2010 The Musical performance of Fame - Kidz on Stage on 25/08/2010 at Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone is due to start at 19:30:00, You are advised to arrive at Leas Cliff Hall early.  Venue information of Leas Cliff Hall including its location and other events

Musical  Fame - Kidz on Stage 26/08/2010 26/08/2010 The Musical performance of Fame - Kidz on Stage on 26/08/2010 at Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone is due to start at 19:30:00, You are advised to arrive at Leas Cliff Hall early.  Venue information of Leas Cliff Hall including its location and other events

Note: Event Organisers follow this link for more information on how to add an event listing.

There are more events in this location

For clarity and to make sure these pages do not load to slowly we only show the first three events in the table above. We do however have a further 55 events at this location occurring in the near future, you can access the detail of these by clicking the link below.

Go to the local events diary for the Town of Folkestone

Hotels, Apartments and B&B's in Folkestone

We have teamed up with LATE ROOMS and BOOKING.COM so that we can offer you the choice of over 8,000 hotels in the UK.

Click the link below to view a map showing the location of accommodation in this area

Map of accommodation in the Shepway area

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Hotel Relish Crete Down Guesthouse Burlington Hotel Chandos Guest House

Clifton Hotel (Best Western) Express By Holiday Inn Folkestone - Channel Tunnel Kentmere Guest House Langhorne Garden

More accommodation options

We only display the first 8 available hotels above so the table below displays all the different types of accommodation option that are available in Folkestone from our database.

We find that most people book hotels within a particular price/quality range and therefore you can see at a glance what these options are in Folkestone and then by clicking on the number of these options you will be able to view extensive detail including their locations, in many cases pictures and in all cases the ability to book on-line via the two major agencies Late Rooms and Booking-dot-com. For a wider choice of accommodation please use the Map of accommodation in the District of Shepway area

In January 2009 we joined forces with Google Friends to allow our users to socialise and leave messages for their friends and family almost anywhere in the UK. The messages you enter on this page only appears on this page but you can visit the rest of the UK on this site and leave messages there too. We'll add more facilities as the development progresses

More information and more graffiti on the wall in Folkestone

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Books about Folkestone*

The books displayed above are returned using the search terms 'Folkestone%20+Shepway'.
*If nothing is found relating to these terms Amazon will display a selection of books from the general Best Seller list.

A few of the images from around the Town of Folkestone

This small selection of images of Folkestone are from our British National Image Library. You may click on the thumbnail pictures to view larger versions and read what information we have regarding the image.

Victoria Pier Folkstone

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