Look up: folkestone

1. Folkestone
   town, Shepway district, administrative and historic county of Kent, England. Once a `limb` of the Cinque Port of Dover (7 mi [11 km] east), ...
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2. Folkestone
   HMS Folkestone was a British unarmed surveying warship of 1045 tons displacement launched in 1930 originally as an escort vessel, but later disarmed and modified. HMS Folkestone was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 16 knots.
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3. Folkestone
   Folkestone (fōk'stun) , town (1991 pop. 42,949), 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; Bou...
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4. Folkestone
   Port and resort on the southeast coast of Kent, England, 10 km/6 mi southwest of Dover; population (2001) 45,300. There are passenger ferry and SeaCat (high-speed catamaran) connections with Boulogne, France, and to the northwest of the town is the British terminal of Eurotunnel, which offers a high-speed train link through the Chan...
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5. Folkestone
   `Folkestone` () is the principal town in the Shepway District of Kent, England. Its original site was in a valley in the sea cliffs and it developed through fishing and its closeness to the Continent as a landing place and trading port. The coming of the railways, the building of a ferry port, and i...
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