Bentine was born Michael James Bentin in Watford, Hertfordshire, of a Peruvian father, Adam Bentin, and a British mother, Florence Dawkins, and grew up in Folkestone, Kent.

The station was founded in Dover as Neptune Radio in September 1997 but moved to Folkestone in 2003 and was consequently rebranded after a takeover by the KM Group.

After his death the William Harvey Hospital was constructed in the town of Ashford, several miles from his birthplace of Folkestone.

William's father: Tom Harvey, was a jurat of Folkestone where he served the office of mayor in 1600.

Harvey's initial education was carried out in Folkestone, where he learned Latin.

Until the 19th century Folkestone remained a small fishing community with a seafront that was continually battered by storms and encroaching shingle that made it hard to land boats.

Folkestone Harbour Company commissioned Foster Associates to produce a masterplan for Folkestone which was published in April 2006.

It was not until the mid 19th century that the spelling of " Folkestone " was fixed as such, with the Earl of Radnor requesting that the town's name be standardised ( although this tendency towards standardisation in the 19th century is true of English place names generally ).

Folkestone forms a part of Shepway District, which was established by the Local Government Act 1972.

The third and lowest tier was established as the civil parish: in Folkestone ’ s case, because it held a Town Charter, and when the then Folkestone Borough Council was abolished, Councillors elected to represent Folkestone's wards were designated as the Town's Charter Trustees, responsible for electing a Town Mayor.

Folkestone Town Council was established in 2004, comprising the area of the former Borough of Folkestone less Folkestone Sandgate ward, which was separately parished.

In 2004 talks began between the leaders of Folkestone and Boulogne ( Folkestone's twin-town ), which was also facing similar economic problems.

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

The Channel Tunnel (; also referred to as the Chunnel ) is a undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent, in the United Kingdom with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, near Calais in northern France beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover.

Items such as kiosks, wastebins and assorted souvenirs appeared at the Dreamland Margate amusement park in Kent and also its sister park The Rotunda in Folkestone, Kent.

In August 2009 he played at the Hevy Music Festival in Folkestone, UK.

In contrast to the white cliffs at Dover further to the east, the cliffs at Folkestone are composed of Greensand and Gault Clay.

On 28 April 2007, an earthquake with its epicentre 1 km East of Folkestone occurred at 8: 18am.

Once the line was opened to Dover, the town began to prosper ( which meant growth westwards ), further stations were opened at Folkestone West ( originally named Shorncliffe Camp ) in 1863, and Folkestone Central in 1884.

VSOE passengers now change at Folkestone West for road coaches and the onward journey through the Channel Tunnel.

Since December 2009, high speed commuter services from Dover have called at Folkestone and then, using the South Eastern Main Line to Ashford International, the services join HS1 for the journey to Ebbsfleet, Stratford and London St Pancras.

Tertiary education is provided at the University Centre Folkestone, which opened in September 2007 and specialises in Performing Arts and subjects relating to the creative industries.

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.

There have been many actors and actresses, some starting their careers at Arthur Brough's Folkestone Repertory Company including Robert Arnold ; comedians including Michael Bentine ; and a large number of artists in various fields.

Jimmy Hill, presenter of Match of the Day, was stationed at Folkestone Garrison during World War II, during which time he entertained troops.

Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone wished to purchase it, for his estate at Longford Castle which is just north-east of Nunton.

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

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.

Eadbald and Ymme had a daughter, Eanswith, who founded a monastery at Folkestone, in Kent, and two sons, Eorcenberht and Eormenred.

He returned to England in 1803 to command a brigade at Shorncliffe camp near Folkestone, where he established the innovative training regime that produced Britain's first permanent light infantry regiments.

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.

In the first tier, Kent County Council, Folkestone is divided into three Divisions each returning one County Councillor.

The current composition of Folkestone Town Council is 15 Conservatives, two People First and one Liberal Democrats.

At Folkestone 1933, he again played board one, and made 9 / 14, helping Czechoslovakia to the team silver, and earning a bronze medal for himself.

* Salo Flohr vs Isaac Kashdan, Folkestone Olympiad 1933, English Opening, Flohr-Mikenas Attack ( A18 ), 1-0 Flohr adopts one of the lines which will eventually bear his name, with good success here.

In 1848 the SER served two steam ships a day between Folkestone and Boulogne, one a day between Dover and Calais, and one between Dover and Ostend.

At one point the number of known plants at Folkestone / Cheriton declined to just six, but with improved management of the chalk grassland by Eurotunnel and the White Cliffs Countryside Project, the population is now much healthier, estimated in 2008 to be 165 plants, some 30 % of the UK population.

Folkestone West railway station is one of two open railway stations in Folkestone in Kent, England.

Folkestone Central railway station is one of three railway stations in Folkestone, Kent, England.

the typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to Ramsgate and one train per hour to London Charing Cross via Folkestone Central and Sevenoaks.

the typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to Ramsgate and one train per hour to London Charing Cross via Folkestone Central and Sevenoaks, increased to half-hourly during peak hours.

the typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to Ramsgate and one train per hour to London Charing Cross via Folkestone Central and Sevenoaks, increased to half-hourly during peak hours.

The church is made of stone, in the Early English style, and has a tower containing one bell: there is a brass to John Halke, d. 1604, and Amia his wife, d. 1596: The maternal grandparents of Dr. William Harvey ; his mother Joane was born at South Hill, Hastingleigh and married Thomas Harvie of Folkestone, in Hastingleigh Church.

The South Eastern Main Line is a long-distance major railway route in South East England, UK, one of the two main routes crossing the county of Kent, via Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Ashford and Folkestone to Dover.