Folkestone
Population 47,356 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 24 of daylight
- February: 10 h 01 of daylight
- March: 11 h 49 of daylight
- April: 13 h 49 of daylight
- May: 15 h 32 of daylight
- June: 16 h 32 of daylight
- July: 16 h 07 of daylight
- August: 14 h 37 of daylight
- September: 12 h 41 of daylight
- October: 10 h 46 of daylight
- November: 8 h 57 of daylight
- December: 7 h 56 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Folkestone
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Folkestone's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 2
1 to 2 hours· 12
- Hastings1h 11
- St Albans1h 16
- Chelmsford1h 23
- Stevenage1h 30
- Eastbourne1h 43
- Reading1h 43
- Colchester1h 48
- Southend-on-Sea1h 51
- Crawley1h 51
- Peterborough1h 52
2 moreFewer
2 to 3 hours· 28
3 to 5 hours· 92
- Leuven3h
- Bristol3h 01
- Ghent3h 02
- Arundel3h 04
- York3h 05
- Wakefield3h 06
- Sheffield3h 07
- Cardiff3h 09
- Stockport3h 11
- Antwerp3h 11
82 moreFewer
- Liège3h 11
- Cheltenham3h 12
- Warminster3h 12
- Runcorn3h 16
- Warrington3h 16
- Bournemouth3h 17
- Gloucester3h 17
- Manchester3h 21
- Leeds3h 23
- Lier3h 25
- Wigan3h 27
- Ath3h 30
- Salford3h 31
- Bruges3h 31
- Namur3h 32
- Rotterdam3h 34
- Worcester3h 35
- Altrincham3h 36
- Paris3h 36
- Liverpool3h 37
- Sint-Niklaas3h 38
- Stratford-upon-Avon3h 41
- Preston3h 41
- Schiedam3h 43
- Chester3h 46
- Kortrijk3h 46
- Disneyland Paris3h 48
- Huddersfield3h 49
- Delft3h 49
- Bolton3h 51
- Shrewsbury3h 51
- Charleroi3h 52
- Hasselt3h 54
- Exeter3h 56
- Kingston upon Hull3h 56
- Ostend3h 56
- Tewkesbury3h 57
- Lincoln3h 59
- Kerkrade4h 01
- Newcastle upon Tyne4h 02
- Wrexham4h 02
- Scarborough4h 02
- The Hague4h 02
- Saint-Cloud4h 03
- Durham4h 08
- Dinant4h 08
- Breda4h 09
- Heerlen4h 10
- Amiens4h 12
- Accrington4h 13
- Dordrecht4h 16
- Leiden4h 17
- Versailles4h 19
- Blackpool4h 22
- Amsterdam4h 22
- Burnley4h 24
- Cromer4h 24
- Sunderland4h 25
- Tilburg4h 25
- Spa4h 25
- Ludlow4h 26
- Gouda4h 28
- Middlesbrough4h 31
- Torquay4h 31
- Valkenburg aan de Geul4h 32
- Swansea4h 35
- Zaandam4h 36
- Haarlem4h 37
- Weesp4h 37
- Hilversum4h 38
- Maastricht4h 39
- Utrecht4h 48
- Ypres4h 49
- Reims4h 49
- Almere4h 49
- Eindhoven4h 49
- Bussum4h 49
- Amersfoort4h 50
- 's-Hertogenbosch4h 52
- Llandudno4h 55
- Cleethorpes4h 55
- Fontainebleau4h 58
5 hours or more· 62
- Plymouth5h 05
- Alkmaar5h 05
- Chartres5h 09
- Apeldoorn5h 18
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll5h 19
- Le Mans5h 24
- Geldrop5h 24
- Nijmegen5h 26
- Berwick-upon-Tweed5h 27
- Nelson5h 27
52 moreFewer
- Rennes5h 27
- Venlo5h 27
- Annan5h 28
- Deventer5h 29
- Edinburgh5h 31
- Vlissingen5h 38
- Arnhem5h 41
- Strasbourg5h 42
- Zwolle5h 43
- Calais5h 52
- Rouen5h 55
- Metz5h 55
- Caen5h 55
- Zutphen5h 57
- Lyon5h 58
- Glasgow6h 04
- North Berwick6h 11
- Bayeux6h 13
- Enschede6h 16
- Stirling6h 19
- Kirkcaldy6h 21
- Colmar6h 24
- Assen6h 27
- Greenock6h 36
- Saint-Malo6h 42
- Groningen6h 44
- Le Havre6h 46
- Nancy6h 46
- Leeuwarden6h 46
- Nantes6h 49
- Avignon6h 50
- Saint-Étienne6h 50
- Perth6h 51
- Penzance7h 05
- Cherbourg-en-Cotentin7h 09
- Basel7h 10
- Bordeaux7h 10
- Marseille7h 12
- Helensburgh7h 13
- Dundee7h 14
- Lanark7h 20
- Aberystwyth7h 23
- Tywyn7h 27
- Arles7h 28
- Orange7h 28
- Dijon7h 33
- Clermont-Ferrand7h 33
- Whitby7h 34
- Tenby7h 39
- Grenoble7h 41
- Delfzijl7h 43
- Dieppe7h 56
From Folkestone's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 1
1 to 2 hours· 3
2 to 3 hours· 23
3 to 5 hours· 60
- Derby3h 03
- Ely3h 03
- Arundel3h 05
- Eastleigh3h 08
- Doncaster3h 12
- Southampton3h 16
- Bath3h 21
- Salisbury3h 22
- Nottingham3h 25
- Lille3h 28
50 moreFewer
- Bristol3h 28
- Portsmouth3h 32
- York3h 34
- Cardiff3h 34
- Runcorn3h 36
- Wakefield3h 40
- Stockport3h 41
- Cheltenham3h 42
- Sheffield3h 45
- Warrington3h 46
- Gloucester3h 48
- Norwich3h 50
- Bournemouth3h 51
- Manchester3h 51
- Liverpool3h 55
- Wigan3h 57
- Leeds3h 59
- Paris4h 01
- Altrincham4h 05
- Chester4h 06
- Brussels4h 07
- Lincoln4h 10
- Salford4h 11
- Preston4h 11
- Kingston upon Hull4h 12
- Tewkesbury4h 13
- Warminster4h 14
- Kortrijk4h 17
- Worcester4h 18
- Shrewsbury4h 21
- Bolton4h 24
- Newcastle upon Tyne4h 31
- Scarborough4h 31
- Kraainem4h 32
- Saint-Cloud4h 34
- Swansea4h 36
- Durham4h 37
- Wrexham4h 37
- Huddersfield4h 38
- Aalst4h 40
- Versailles4h 42
- Accrington4h 42
- Blackpool4h 47
- Disneyland Paris4h 52
- Burnley4h 52
- Mechelen4h 53
- Ghent4h 54
- Leuven4h 58
- Fontainebleau4h 59
- Stratford-upon-Avon4h 59
5 hours or more· 1
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- William Harvey Memorial · 720 m
- WW1 Memorial Arch Monument · 980 m
- WW1 Monument · 1000 m
- The Gurkha Memorial Memorial · 640 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Folkestone Central 260 m
- Castle Hill Avenue 320 m
- Folkestone Central Rail Station 330 m
- Sainsbury's 660 m
- Sandgate Road Surgery 710 m
- Sandgate Road 780 m
More train stations: Folkestone West 950 m
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.