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Photo of Samphire Hoe Country Park, a country park near Dover Priory, Kent, south east England.

Samphire Hoe Country Park© Immanuel Giel / Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Places to explore near Folkestone Central StationFolkestone

36 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo: The Leas, a viewpoint near Hythe, Kent, south east England.Highlight

The Leas

Viewpoint near Hythe

A grand clifftop promenade above Folkestone, its lawns and bandstand looking out across the Channel.

0.8 km S

Photo of the Kent Downs, a National Landscape in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Kent Downs

National Landscape near Charing

Chalk hills, ancient woods and orchards, ending in the white cliffs above the Channel

1.4 km E

Photo along the North Downs Way, a 153-mile National Trail running from Farnham to Dover, south east England.Highlight

North Downs Way

National Trail

Pilgrim country: orchards, vineyards and chalk downs between Farnham and the white cliffs of Dover.

1.7 km N · Kent & Surrey

Photo of Folkestone Harbour Arm, a visitor attraction near Hythe, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Folkestone Harbour Arm

Attraction near Hythe

Folkestone's restored railway pier, now a walk of food stalls and bars out to a lighthouse and beacon.

1.8 km SE

Photo of Folkestone White Horse, a hill figure near Hythe, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Folkestone White Horse

Hill figure near Hythe

A modern galloping horse cut in 2003 on Cheriton Hill, looking down over the mouth of the Channel Tunnel.

2.9 km NW

Photo of St Leonard's, Hythe, a church in Kent, south east England.Highlight

St Leonard's, Hythe

Church near Hythe

Hillside church above Hythe whose vaulted ambulatory crypt holds a stacked ossuary of medieval skulls and bones.

6.1 km W

Photo of Samphire Hoe Country Park, a country park near Dover Priory, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Samphire Hoe Country Park

Country park near Dover Priory

A nature park built in the 1990s from chalk dug for the Channel Tunnel.

6.8 km E

Photo of Kearsney Abbey Gardens, a Grade II registered house & garden near Elham, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Kearsney Abbey Gardens

House & garden near Elham

A Victorian public park of lakes and lawns in a chalk valley near Dover.

10 km NE

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Lower Leas Coastal Country Park, a country park near Hythe, Kent, south east England.

Lower Leas Coastal Country Park

Country park near Hythe

A country park in Kent.

0.8 km S

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.9 km SE · spans 24 counties

Photo of Folkestone, a swimming spot near Hythe, Kent, south east England.

Folkestone

Designated bathing water near Hythe

A coastal swimming spot with a sufficient water-quality rating.

1.5 km E

Photo along the Saxon Shore Way, a 160-mile long-distance path running from Gravesend to Hastings, south east England.

Saxon Shore Way

Long-distance path

Around Kent's Roman-era coastline from Gravesend to Hastings — a shore the sea has since abandoned for miles at a stretch.

1.8 km N · Kent & East Sussex

Photo of East Cliff and Warren Country Park, a country park near Hythe, Kent, south east England.

East Cliff and Warren Country Park

Country park near Hythe

A country park in Kent.

1.8 km E

Photo of the Royal Military Canal, a 28-mile canal running from Hythe to near Hastings, south east England.

Royal Military Canal

Canal

A defence line dug against Napoleon along the landward edge of Romney Marsh, from Seabrook to Cliff End.

3.5 km W · Kent & East Sussex

Photo of Peene Quarry Country Park, a country park near Hythe, Kent, south east England.

Peene Quarry Country Park

Country park near Hythe

A country park in Kent.

3.5 km NW

Hythe

Village

Cinque Port town below the Downs, terminus of the miniature Romney railway, with a church crypt of stacked skulls.

6.1 km W · Kent

Photo of Brockhill Country Park, a country park near Hythe, Kent, south east England.

Brockhill Country Park

Country park near Hythe

A country park in Kent.

6.9 km W

Everything else within 10 km (19) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.