Folkestone

Folkestone is a town on the coast, in the South East of . It is known for its artworks around the town and good beaches.
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  • Type: Town with 52,000 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in Kent, England
  • Also known as: “Folkestone, Kent” and “フォークストン”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Folkestone Central railway station and Folkestone West railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is on the South…

Railway station
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is on the South…

Theater building
Photo: Nixii9, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an entertainment and function venue…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sandgate and Capel-le-Ferne.

Village
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is a village in the Folkestone and …

Village
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is a village and civil parish on the… is situated 2 miles northeast of Folkestone.

Village
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is a town and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of , England. is situated 2½ miles north of Folkestone.

Folkestone

Latitude
51.0791° or 51° 4′ 45″ north
Longitude
1.1794° or 1° 10′ 46″ east
Population
52,000
Elevation
151 feet (46 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB FOL
Open location code
9F3335HH+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26735449
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2649258
Wiki­data ID
Q375314
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Folkestone” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Folkestone”
  • Arabic: “فولكستون”
  • Armenian: “Ֆոլկսթոուն”
  • Asturian: “Folkestone”
  • Azerbaijani: “Folkston”
  • Basque: “Folkestone”
  • Belarusian: “Фолкстан”
  • Belarusian: “Фолькстан”
  • Bengali: “ফল্কস্টোন”
  • Breton: “Folkestone”
  • Catalan: “Folkestone”
  • Cebuano: “Folkestone”
  • Chinese: “佛克斯通”
  • Chinese: “福克斯通”
  • Czech: “Folkestone”
  • Danish: “Folkestone”
  • Dutch: “Folkestone”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فولكستين”
  • Esperanto: “Folkestone”
  • Estonian: “Folkestone”
  • Finnish: “Folkestone”
  • French: “Folkestone”
  • Georgian: “ფოლკსტონი”
  • German: “Folkestone”
  • Gujarati: “ફોકેસ્ટોન”
  • Hebrew: “פולקסטון”
  • Hungarian: “Folkestone”
  • Indonesian: “Folkestone”
  • Interlingua: “Folkestone”
  • Irish: “Folkestone”
  • Italian: “Folkestone”
  • Japanese: “フォークストーン”
  • Kannada: “ಫೋಕೆಸ್ಟೋನ್”
  • Korean: “포크스톤”
  • Ladin: “Folkestone”
  • Latin: “Folkestonum”
  • Latvian: “Folkstona”
  • Lithuanian: “Folkstonas”
  • Macedonian: “Фолкстон”
  • Malayalam: “ഫോകെസ്റ്റോൺ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Folkestone”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Folkestone”
  • Norwegian: “Folkestone”
  • Persian: “فوکستون”
  • Polish: “Folkestone”
  • Portuguese: “Folkestone”
  • Romanian: “Folkestone”
  • Russian: “Фолкстон”
  • Scots: “Folkestone”
  • Serbian: “Фокстон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Folkestone”
  • Slovak: “Folkestone”
  • Slovenian: “Folkestone”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فوکستون”
  • Spanish: “Folkestone”
  • Swedish: “Folkestone”
  • Tamil: “போல்கெஸ்டோன்”
  • Tatar: “Фолкстон”
  • Telugu: “ఫ్లోక్స్టోన్”
  • Turkish: “Folkestone”
  • Ukrainian: “Фолкстон”
  • Urdu: “فوک اسٹون”
  • Volapük: “Folkestone”
  • Welsh: “Folkestone”
  • “Folkestone”

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