Have a drink in church
by St_Vincent
You can do at the Wetherspoons pub in Rendezvous Street.
I almost didn't find this pub as it is hidden away a bit and it is not obvious that it is a pub. But when I did I was glad I persevered as it's a really impressive church conversion. On entering you are faced with a double iron staircase which leads up to a galleried area with drinking booths looking down on the main bar. In each corner of the main bar are raised areas with armchairs and bookcases for a comfortable homely feel. There is a small horseshoe bar, above which the old church organ can be seen. Original statues and features of the church have been retained and the whole thing is rounded off by "Hymns" and "Hyrs" hymn boards outside the toilets. Bit of a shame they couldn't come up with a more original name for the pub. Has to be the best church/pub conversion I have seen since Frankensteins in Edinburgh (q.v.).
To find it go to the top of Sandgate Road and turn right, then turn left into Rendezvous St. and follow it around to the left.
Battle of Britain Memorial
by Ash59
For those people that are more interested in the detail of the Battle of Britain than walkng around the memorial, there a several boards and plaques that contain a lot of interesting information about the Battle of Britain.
The curved wall that you can see in the picture has Winston Churchills famous words carved into it and the flagstaff behind it is an original WW2 item that came from the R.A.F station at Biggin hill, Kent. Biggin Hill was one fo the few main runways that the planes used to scamble from, in that time.
FOLKESTONE BEACH
by whitecliff62
Folkestone beach has always been very popular ever since i was a kid, its set in a natural bay with clean soft sand and no rocks to stub your big toe on. These days Folkestone beach has got the blue flag award for clean beaches, but it was not like that when i was a kid, just to the bottom of the photo used to be a huge sewage outlet which used to pump raw sewage into the bay at high tide, but in recent years they have built a massive treatment plant, which is in the top of the photo, and the problem is no more
The Port of Folkestone
by Ash59
Personally, I can't see that there is much to recommend about Folkestone although it always seems to be extremely busy when ever I visit. If you go down to the harbour area you will find lots of seafood stalls (I am told that the standard of the seafood is quite good - I wouldn't know, I don't like the stuff) and a walk along the quay side will take you to a small sandy beach that is well used during the summer months.
The reason I am adding Folkestone into my information is because there are a couple of places close by that are of interest; The Battle of Britain Memorial, Little Switzerland and the Cliff Top Cafe.
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The Rotuda and harbour area - on an overcast day
FOLKESTONE SUNRISE
Folkestone - Old Postcard
Folkestone Harbour
