Westward Ho Hotel
Folkestone
📍 13 Clifton Crescent, Folkestone, CT20 2EL
🚆 Nearest station: · 0.5 mi
🔌 Nearest public charging: · 0.1 mi (Open Charge Map)
🌊 Folkestone: Sufficient bathing water 1.1 mi · Environment Agency
- Close to The Leas Promenade, an 11-minute walk away
- Near Lower Leas Coastal Public Park
- Sea views available from the hotel
- Sunny Sands beach within 20 minutes' walk
- In-room tea/coffee and ironing facilities provided
Westward Ho Hotel sits in Folkestone, Kent, close to the seafront and within easy reach of the town's attractions. The smoke-free hotel offers Wi-Fi throughout, public parking nearby, and sea views from the property, with rooms featuring tea and coffee-making facilities and private bathrooms. It's an 11-minute walk from The Leas Promenade and close to Lower Leas Coastal Public Park, with Sunny Sands beach around 20 minutes on foot. The Cliffe Restaurant is just five minutes' walk away. Folkestone Central station is half a mile off, and the town's museums, including Folkestone Museum and the Fishing Heritage And History Museum, are both under a mile away, making this a convenient base for exploring the coast and town.
How far to…
- The Leas Promenade
- 11-minute walk
- Lower Leas Coastal Public Park
- 0.6 km
- Folkestone West train station
- not far
- Sunny Sands
- 20 minutes' walk
- Trinity Gardens bus stop
- 5 minutes' drive
- Plain Gardens
- 850 metres
Practical details
- Check-in
- from 14:00 until 23:00
- Check-out
- until 11:00
- Parking
- public parking nearby
Accommodation on site
- Rooms
Details taken from the operator's own website on 23 Oct 2026 — check current terms when you book.
Facilities
- ✓ Restaurant
- ✓ WiFi
- ✓ Parking
- 🌊 Sea Views
- 🚌 Near a Bus Stop
- 🔌 EV Charging Nearby
- 🚆 Near a Train Station
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