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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kent Battle of Britain Museum and Folkestone Castle.
Kent Battle of Britain Museum
Museum
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The Kent Battle of Britain Museum is an aviation museum located in Hawkinge, Kent, focused on the Allied and Axis men of the Battle of Britain. The Spirit of the Few Monument is in the grounds of the museum. Kent Battle of Britain Museum is situated 1 mile northeast of Folkestone White Horse.
Folkestone Castle
Archaeological site
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Folkestone Castle stood on a spur of the North Downs to the north of the town of Folkestone, Kent. The Norman castle existed in the late 11th and 12th centuries and was built on a natural mound which. Folkestone Castle is situated 1 mile east of Folkestone White Horse.
Church of St Nicholas
Church
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Church of St Nicholas is situated 1 mile southwest of Folkestone White Horse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cheriton and Arpinge.
Cheriton
Suburb
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Cheriton is a northern suburb of Folkestone, in the Folkestone and Hythe, in the county of Kent, England. It is the location of the English terminal of the Channel Tunnel as well as of the major army barracks of Shorncliffe Camp.
Arpinge
Hamlet
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arpinge is a hamlet between Paddlesworth and Newington to the west of Folkestone in Kent, England. It consists of three working farms, three now converted to residential use and a further four houses.
Peene
Hamlet
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Newington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Kent located 1 mile north-west of Folkestone. It gives its name to Newington Parish Council, which has five councillors, and includes the hamlets of Arpinge and Beachborough.
Folkestone White Horse
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Carved figure overlooking the English end of the Channel Tunnel
- Categories: horse hill figure, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Folkestone, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Folkestone White Horse” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Folkestone White Horse”
- Chinese: “福克斯通白马”
- Hebrew: “הסוס הלבן של פוקסטון”
- Swedish: “Folkestone White Horse”
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