Folkestone
[key], town, Kent, SE England. The town is a summer resort with an active
port. The Leas promenade runs along the chalk cliffs overlooking the English
Channel. Folkestone is one of the main passenger ports used by the English
Channel ferry operators; Boulogne, France is 26 mi (42 km) away. It is also
Great Britain's terminus of the Channel Tunnel. There are vestiges of
Roman occupation in the vicinity, and a 13th-century parish church has been
restored. Folkestone was a prosperous port in the Middle Ages and early
modern period.
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