Ade Yusuff heads the list of those to leave Folkestone this summer as the title-winning Isthmian Premier team reveal their ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The transformation of The Grand, Folkestone’s historic hotel (first opened in 1903,) into an ambitious new music and contemporary ...

As we swing into Spring, many Londoners might be thinking of taking a break from the city and heading for the coast. If you’re not feeling Brighton or Bournemouth and want to go somewhere a little ...

Repairs costs for the Grade II-listed landmark were previously dubbed "financially unjustifiable” by KCC ...

Campaigners staged a beach protest against sewage dumping this afternoon. Around 150 protesters gathered at Sunny Sands in ...

Folkestone isn’t like Margate, or Ramsgate, or even Broadstairs, which all have that slightly battered and bedraggled edging just a stone’s throw away from the chichi streets. It’s not surprising that ...

A street festival designed for teenagers is being piloted in Folkestone. The Folke About Town pop-up will feature free skateboarding sessions, bike repairs as well as screen printing, zines and a ...

Once dismissed as “shabby and old,” the seaside town of Folkestone has undergone a remarkable transformation, now emerging as one of the best places to live in the UK. Dubbed by The Sunday Times as a ...

Folkestone Songwriting Festival returns in late January–February 2026 with a rich and inspiring programme of standalone masterclasses, community projects and live events, celebrating songwriting as ...

Sign up for the best picks from our travel, fashion and lifestyle writers. Folkestone isn’t like Margate, or Ramsgate, or even Broadstairs, which all have that ...