Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom

E90396
port town town

Folkestone, in Kent on England’s southeast coast, is a port town best known as the British gateway to the Channel Tunnel linking the UK with continental Europe.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Folkestone, Kent, England 3
Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf port town ⓘ
town ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Kent ⓘ
climate temperate maritime climate ⓘ
constituencyWestminster Folkestone and Hythe ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
development seaside resort (19th and 20th centuries) ⓘ
dialCode 01303 ⓘ
distanceToLondon about 70 miles southeast ⓘ
formerName Folkestone and Hythe District ⓘ
surface form: Folkestone and Hythe (borough)
governingBody Folkestone and Hythe District ⓘ
surface form: Folkestone and Hythe District Council
hasArtInstallation public artworks from Folkestone Triennial ⓘ
hasBeach Sunny Sands ⓘ
hasEvent Folkestone Triennial ⓘ
hasHarbour Folkestone Harbour Arm ⓘ
surface form: Folkestone Harbour
hasLandmark Folkestone Creative Quarter ⓘ
Folkestone Harbour Arm ⓘ
surface form: Folkestone Harbour

Folkestone Harbour Arm ⓘ
Folkestone White Horse ⓘ
Leas Cliff Hall ⓘ
The Leas (clifftop promenade) ⓘ
hasNeighbourhood Capel-le-Ferne ⓘ
Cheriton ⓘ
Sandgate ⓘ
hasPortFunction ferry and cargo services (historically) ⓘ
hasRailLink High Speed 1 via nearby Ashford International ⓘ
hasTransport A20 road ⓘ
Folkestone Central railway station ⓘ
Folkestone West railway station ⓘ
M20 motorway ⓘ
knownFor Channel Tunnel terminal at nearby Cheriton ⓘ
being a British gateway to continental Europe ⓘ
lieutenancyArea Kent ⓘ
locatedIn Kent ⓘ
South East England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedOn English Channel ⓘ
southeast coast of England ⓘ
near Dover ⓘ
Hythe ⓘ
partOf Folkestone and Hythe District ⓘ
postcodeArea CT ⓘ
postTown Folkestone ⓘ
surface form: FOLKESTONE
region South East England ⓘ
timeZone GMT ⓘ
timeZoneDST BST ⓘ
unitaryAuthority Folkestone and Hythe District ⓘ
surface form: Folkestone and Hythe

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Channel Tunnel → terminusIn → Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom ⓘ
William Harvey → birthPlace → Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Folkestone, Kent, England
Charles Stuart Calverley → deathPlace → Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Folkestone, Kent, England
Eurotunnel Shuttle → locatedIn → Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Folkestone, Kent, England