Folkestone beach
Water quality: Sufficient — meets the minimum water-quality standard.
Photo: Loz Pycock from London (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Classification from the Environment Agency's designated bathing water profile — see the official profile for the latest sampling, pollution risk forecasts and any advice against bathing.
Places to stay near Folkestone
Within 5 miles of the beach, nearest first — straight-line distances.
0.3 miles from the beach
0.4 miles from the beach
Gran Canaria Hotel
✓ Sea views and Wi-Fi throughout the hotel
🏖️ 0.41 miles from Folkestone (Sufficient water quality)
Canterbury
0.4 miles from the beach
0.7 miles from the beach
Stay2a
✓ Boutique accommodation in the heart of Folkestone
🏖️ 0.75 miles from Folkestone (Sufficient water quality)
Folkestone
0.8 miles from the beach · 🐾 dogs welcome
The Southcliff Hotel
✓ Victorian hotel on The Leas Promenade with Channel views
🏖️ 0.81 miles from Folkestone (Sufficient water quality)
Canterbury
0.8 miles from the beach
0.8 miles from the beach
0.9 miles from the beach
0.9 miles from the beach
Things to do near Folkestone
Folkestone's Fishing Heritage And History MuseumMuseums & Galleries · 0.2 mi
Folkestone MuseumMuseums & Galleries · 0.5 mi
The WingMuseums & Galleries · 1.3 mi
Kent Battle of Britain MuseumMuseums & Galleries · 2.7 mi
Railway MuseumMuseums & Galleries · 3.4 mi
Women's Land Army MuseumMuseums & Galleries · 4.4 mi
👻 Haunted places near Folkestone
From Haunted Britain — our researched guide to Britain's most haunted castles, inns and halls, with the stories behind them and which ones you can sleep in.
5.4 miles away
Fort Amherst Citadel
A Napoleonic fortress cut deep into the Chatham chalk, where the story goes that...
6.5 miles away
Dover Castle
A Roman lighthouse, a Norman keep and a warren of cliff tunnels — the "Key to En...
19.9 miles away
Pluckley
A pretty Wealden village with a Guinness-backed reputation, a dozen named ghosts...