Another widespread design was the ringwork in which earth would be built up in a circular or oval shape and topped with a wooden rampart ; Folkestone Castle is a good example of a Norman ringwork, in this case built on top of a hill although most post-invasion castles were usually sited on lower ground.

Howard's own constituency of Folkestone and Hythe had been heavily targeted by the Liberal Democrats as the most sought after prize of their failed " decapitation " strategy of seeking to gain seats from prominent Conservatives.

One battalion is based at Shorncliffe, near Folkestone in Kent as part of 52 Infantry Brigade, and is available for deployment to most areas in Europe and Africa.

One battalion is based at Shorncliffe, near Folkestone in Kent as part of 52 Infantry Brigade, and is available for deployment to most areas in Europe and Africa.

Thereafter the SER concentrated most of its resources into developing Folkestone Harbour, which became its principal base for cross-channel ferries.

One of the most notable accidents occurred on June 9, 1865, when the boat train from Folkestone ran onto a partly dismantled bridge near Staplehurst.

The museum is situated in the village of Hawkinge, only a short distance from Folkestone and is the most comprehensive and longest serving Battle of Britain Museum in the UK.

On 7 July 1948, a Silver City Bristol Freighter operated the first cross-Channel air ferry service, between Lympne near Folkestone in Kent and Le Touquet on France's northern Côte d ' Opale coast, with good road connections from and to London and Paris respectively.

However, there is an alternative plan being developed by the Remembrance Line Association which is based on retaining the harbour railway and its station as a major heritage / tourist operation and ' Leaving for War ' museum given the significance of the Folkestone Harbour Branch in both World Wars which is important to the Allied and Commonwealth nations.

On 3 March 2009, a second earthquake shook Folkestone, measuring 2. 8 on the Richter Scale.

The Folkestone White Horse is carved on Cheriton Hill above the Channel Tunnel terminal.

The railway reached Folkestone on 28 June 1843 and a temporary station was built while the construction of the line to Dover continued.

The entire line closed in 2002 ; Folkestone Junction station having closed earlier on 6 September 1965.

Today the domestic services from Folkestone use the Central and West stations on the South Eastern Main Line.

The 2011 Triennial ' A Million Miles From Home ' was launched on 24 September 2010 and commissioned 19 international artists to develop new works for Folkestone ’ s streets, squares, beaches and historic buildings to create a cutting-edge contemporary art exhibition in the public domain.

The town has a local radio station, KMFM Shepway and White Cliffs Country, broadcasting to Folkestone on 96. 4FM.

Professional wrestler Big B Mac was born and educated in Folkestone before moving to the USA to embark on his wrestling career.

The Folkestone White Horse, Kent, is based on this horse.

Bexhill is on the A259 road which forms the coast road between Folkestone and Brighton.

Howard announced on 17 March 2006 that he would stand down as MP for Folkestone and Hythe at the 2010 election.

Newspaper accounts of the gallant charge had been given wide circulation in England by the time Cardigan's ship berthed at the port of Folkestone on 13 January 1855 and the town offered him a rapturous welcome.

In August 2009 they played at the Hevy Music Festival in Folkestone, and in June 2010 they headlined the John Peel Stage on the last night of Glastonbury Festival.

His father was Philip Bouverie ( d. 1828 ), a younger son of the 1st Viscount Folkestone, and took the name of Pusey on succeeding to the manorial estates at that place.

A limited-production estate car conversion by Martin Walter Ltd. of Folkestone, based on the Bedford HA van, was known as the Bedford Beagle.

A National Cycle Network signpost on Romney Marsh, indicating Folkestone to the left and Rye, Sussex | Rye to the right

The earliest recognition that placing an unconscious patient on their side would prevent obstruction of the airway was by Robert Bowles, a doctor at the Victoria Hospital in Folkestone, England.

* Castle Hill, Folkestone, a hill on the North Downs near Folkestone, Kent

The M20 motorway to Folkestone was constructed in stages from the 1960s and provided a faster route to Dover following extensions built in the in early 1990s after which traffic levels on the M2 and A2 reduced.

Seventy-four towers were built along the south coast ; Tower 1 was at Folkestone, overlooking the harbour, and Tower 74 guarded the beach at Seaford in East Sussex.

The lathe of Shepway was the Saxon name for south east Kent, roughly corresponding with the modern District of Shepway, comprising Folkestone, Hythe, Romney Marsh and nearby villages as far north as Elham.

In addition to its railway operations, the Southern Railway inherited several important port and harbour facilities along the south coast, including Southampton, Newhaven and Folkestone.

* June 12 – Flying the Gossamer Albatross from Folkestone Warren, England, to a French beach south of Cap Gris-Nez in 2 hours 49 minutes, Bryan Allen becomes the first person to cross the English Channel in a pedal-powered aircraft.

The beach and cliffs are part of the Site of Special Scientific Interest that stretches south to Folkestone.

It is well exposed in the coastal cliffs at Copt Point in Folkestone, Kent, England, where it overlays the Lower Greensand formation, and is found in exposure on the south side of The North Downs and the north side of the South Downs.

It consists of the towns of Folkestone and Hythe, in Kent in the south east of England.

It moved south with Fourth Army for Fortitude South II, the continuation of the threat to the Pas de Calais, with headquarters at Folkestone in Kent and consisting of the British 61st and 80th Divisions and 5th Armoured Division, the latter two notional and the 61st a genuine but low-establishment formation.

Walking south from the village past it is possible to see stunning views of Cheriton, Folkestone and the Channel Tunnel complex.

The North Downs Way, starting its course in Surrey, reaches the coast at Folkestone and continues through Capel-le-Ferne, and to its end at Dover, some away.

The Saxon Shore Way starts at Gravesend, Kent and traces the Kent coast as it was in Roman times, via Folkestone, as far as Hastings, East Sussex, 163 miles ( 262 km ) in total.

The first stage opened on 25 September 1844 and was a branch off the SER's first main line that crossed Kent between the coast ports of Dover and Folkestone and the LBSCR's main line at Redhill.

However, by the middle of the 19th century the Glanville Fritillary was known only from the Isle of Wight and the coast of Kent between Folkestone and Sandwich.