Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: England
• Level 2: Kent
• Level 3: Shepway District
• Level 4: Folkestone

Current local time in Folkestone:

05:02 AM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Folkestone on map:^[1]

Folkestone GPS coordinates^[2]

51° 4' 54.084" North, 1° 10' 2.424" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	51.5213°,	0.46421°
Center:	51.08169°,	1.16734°
Lower-right:	50.63787°,	1.87047°
Map W x H:	98.2×98.2 km	= 61×61mi

max Lat:	60.39635°   ⇑89.7% North
Folkestone:	51.08169°
min Lat:	⇓10.3% South 34.60088°

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min Long	Folkestone	max Long
-7.64133°	1.16734°	32.95536°
W 97.6%⇐		⇒2.4% E

Elevation

Elevation of Folkestone is 46 m = 151 ft, and this is 26.9 m = 88 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	515 m = 1690 ft	60.2%
Avg.	72.9 m = 239 ft
Folkestone	46 m = 151 ft
Min E:	-30 m = -98 ft	39.8%

See also: Folkestone elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Folkestone is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 1721.4 km =1069.6 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Folkestone
North Pole	4327.3	2688.9	to North
Arctic Circle	1721.4	1069.6	to North
Tropic Cancer	3073.8	1910	to South
Equator	5679.8	3529.3	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Folkestone: (largest is in red/bold)

• Barham 13.8 km =8.6 mi, 357°
• Capel le Ferne 3.9 km =2.4 mi, 52°
• Densole 5.4 km =3.4 mi, 353°
• Dover 11.3 km =7 mi, 64°
• Dymchurch 13.6 km =8.5 mi, 242°
• Elham 8.8 km =5.5 mi, 333°
• Eythorne 14.6 km =9.1 mi, 28°
• Hawkinge 3.5 km =2.2 mi, 353°
• Hythe 5.9 km =3.7 mi, 258°
• Lydden 10.2 km =6.3 mi, 27°
• Lyminge 7.6 km =4.7 mi, 314°
• Lympne 9.7 km =6 mi, 267°
• Sellindge 11.5 km =7.1 mi, 281°
• Shepherdswell 12.5 km =7.8 mi, 20°
• Wootton 10.3 km =6.4 mi, 4°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Фолкстон
• In Chinese: 福克斯通