Follies in Shepway

It's a great walk out to the edge of the south east.

An unexpected delight to visit with cafes, restaurants, and bars along its length. We will be back in the summer.

Definitely worth a visit lots of places to eat and e

Excellent stalls in the marketplace. Which is open weekends and some stalls on Fridays too. Stalls open also during school holidays. Excellent range of food available enough the goods yard along with huge screen for sporting events. Live music, details of which can be found on the harbour arm website. Some excellent artists are performing free in a great setting. Carparking available, although an easy walk across the harbour from the town and old high street. Well worth a visit.

Great place and oh what a view!

Its a great place for street food and bustling vibes. Amazing selection of restaurants/huts, my go to sole kitchen, that burger, Greek bus,dinos pizza. Tons of people come in for the livelihood of the place. Because of covid, they have set up the QR scan table service, order on the phone then they come to you, also its a live app so if they get busy they will close but come back later on the app then you can order again. Only downside is the area is too busy and sometimes uncleaned tables but with that crowd , help yourself to do that, got your own two hands too, just sanitise afterwards. 2022: go to the end of the lighthouse, there is a champagne bar , see opening times.

Excellent hosting by a kind bar person who made a real fuss of our dog. Good coffee too!

Great to see new and old eateries at this unique place. Check out the live webcam feed for yourself. Fab vibes.

Nice and musical atmosphere, slightly cold south wind!

Great location with lots of food outlets, plenty of seating and a large screen often showing sports.

What a pleasant surprise! Really loved the harbour and its surrounds.

We were very lucky that the weather was good. Good parking. Everywhere was lovely and clean. Lot's of options for food. There was a live band which added a great atmosphere.

The tasting rooms good food and service.

Great summer location in Folkestone for drinks, street food, creative market and occasional live music & sound installations.

Beautiful place, loads of history, very well maintained, with very strong historical ties and meaningful sculptures with impact!

Perfect Weather was lovely Loads of places to eat Accessible toilets Couldn’t ask for more

Lovely gin at the champagne bar at the end of the harbour. Red merlot wine is good too.

Nice place for a walk, some bars and food outlets on the arm.

Lots of pluses about this great initiative, but for goodness sake, get more toilets and provide some signage!!!

A super place to visit if you're in town any time of the year. The restored train station and railway lines add a certain charm to the place, and the old wagons and units have been integrated imaginatively as bars, bistros and cafés. There's plenty to enjoy for everyone, from putting mini golf to a weekend food court come market.

Interesting selection of food and entertainment.

It was very windy and cold today in February but I can see on a warm day this place woukd be great! Lovely re-vamp of the old station and the harbour arm with plenty of food and drink options. Hope to return when it's not 50mph winds!

Lovely walk down the harbour arm. Great pub right at the end in the old light house. Lovely place to take dogs as in winter they can go on the beach too. My dog loves the sea, no matter how cold it might be. 🤦‍♂️

Lunch at the Sailbox was superb!

Enjoyed the lighthouse bar. Superb drinks, friendly bar staff. Unique place to have a drink.

Lots to see and plenty of small places to eat. It gets very windy at times!

The Christmas Markets were brilliant. So well thought out with lots to see, eat and buy. There’s always a treat, whether summer or winter. Folkestone and the Harbour Arm are definitely worth a visit.

Always a great place for a walk and to get a bite to eat. Lighthouse Champagne bar a great place to people watch and see the sunset.

So we went on a nice trip to a seaside town where a fun Christmas market was advertised. On a arrival there was NOTHING but a beautiful view of a building falling down in the shape of a ship and what appeared to be the local drunk community congregating in disability scooters. So even more amazed to be charged 3.50 to park for nothing at all to be open. If you want to go somewhere at Christmas DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME GOING TO FOLKESTONE THIS CHRISTMAS.

It doesn't matter what time of the year you visit here, the view of the sea and coastline are refreshing. The champagne bars which serve food are reasonably priced and a great way to spend a few hours unwinding.

Mooie locatie! Je hebt eerst het strand Sunny Sands, met het bronzen beeld. Aan de andere kant van de golfbreker ligt een haventje met wat kleine (vissers-)bootjes. Bij eb , wanneer het water is weggetrokken, liggen de bootjes op het zand. Bij vloed komt het water tot tegen de dijk. Via de pier (Harbour Arm) kun je naar de vuurtoren gaan. Daar is vanalles te zien: de oude tramhalte en tramsporen, de oude wagonnetjes worden nu gebruikt als thee- of ijshuisjes. Je hebt er een mooi zicht op de krijtrotsen, de White Cliffs. Aan de andere kant van de pier ligt nog een strand. Wij bezochten het op een stormachtige regendag. De golven gingen tot over de schutting van de pier. Een bijzondere beleving. Na de pier kun je vrolijke geschilderde winkeltjes bezoeken rondom The Old High street, het fishing museum en Sandgate Castle. Daar hadden we zelf helaas geen tijd meer voor.

It was cold & blowing a gale. 1 cafe was open so we went in to shelter. We didn't venture to the far end. It was beautiful in the summer but not as appealing in December.

Beautiful Christmas Market. Unusual items. Carousel horses and great coffee at the Harbour coffee company great hot chocolate too 😊

Great place for everyone and everything

Cafes, bars, live music, the sea what more could you want?

Brilliant views of the white cliffs. Lots of independent eateries. Buzzing in the summer. But be careful when the wind picks up

Bright and breezy (very breezy!) Sunday afternoon to visit to the Harbour Arm, luckily the autumnal rain kept at bay. Shared a fab K-Chicken Bao Bun from Baoboba whilst my daughter enjoyed her Apple and Cherry Bob's Tea. Wanted to grab a drink but my daughter (her again!) insisted on going to DessertFolks for S'Mores Cookie and Mint Ice-cream; the cookie was huge and very, very good!

Have to go in holiday season. Sat and Sun October sunny day. Not lot open. Little Market Stalls local craft. Few had decided to open so thanks to them. Locals worried all will be blocks of flats if powers that be get their way. 1st world war soldiers embarked from here. We're given cake and tea by people of Folkston.

Lovely walk past the old Folkestone harbour train station I’m sure in the summer it’s a great hit with all the restaurants that are on the harbour

Had some great food at a burger establishment there and very nice looking out at the sea on a sunny day.

Beautiful scenery. Often very quiet. Good connections between Folkestone, Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Hythe, Dymchurch, and New Romney.

This is developing well. Sometimes it's a bit disappointing when things are closed. It seems many units course quite often. Consistency is needed if these businesses want people to drop by.

Great place to eat, have coffee, watch the world go by, on a nice day !.

Never a disappointing afternoon on the harbour arm. Highly recommend. Due to seasonal changes, we have migration and rare birds stopping off in our harbour. Worth the watch (:

The place is really good with a nice view. There is a range of restaurants nearby which offers authentic sea food.

Get place to meet friends. Loads of different vendors for food and drink. Little putting green to play on. Big car park, but when we arrived it was full and took ages to find parking elsewhere. Great afternoon out if the weather's good.

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Brilliant to see something a bit special in folkestone. Only drawback is everything seems to close very early.

Great place to explore before going on the Channel.

I love to visit this place. Highly recommended. I feel relax whenever I go to Folkestone, Harbour and beach. Especially on sunny day. Fun, music, food etc. You can also enjoy live ferries leaving Dover for Calais.

Great place to chill out. Pity about the excessive prices foe food and alcohol.

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So much here.... Enough for everyone. When the sun's out DO not miss out....

As the summer hits, plenty of tasty venues to get something scrumptious to eat or a delicious beverage. Lovely to chill with mates, if you have toddlers that like to run keep an eye as there are only chains up to protect the edge to the sea.

Year after year, the arm gets better and better! So many new food and drink stalls arrive, twinned with all the work they are doing to smarten the place up.

Another fabulous visit, just love the Harbour Arm. Eclectic mix of food outlets and bars and the market part looks interesting. My only complaint was the lack of ice lollies and not a Mr Whippy in site. Screaming out for an old fashioned ice cream parlour!

We love walking through Folkestone Town and along the Harbour Arm. We always stop to get a bite to eat at the Greek Bus because the Gyro that they do is the best we have had outside of the Greek Islands. I can't recommend a walk along here enough as there are options for every taste.....

Great place for a mooch and to see the sea.

So lovely to see care and money being spent on Folkestone! Lovely walk along the harbour arm with some quirky pop up eateries dotted around.

Beautiful stress free day in the sun nit very crowded, had some fresh food on the harbour and a long walk, recommended to everyone that wants to escape the concrete jungle

Great place to visit with lots of choices of places to eat with fantastic views over the Sunny Sands beach and the White cliffs.

Absolutely love it! Loads of regeneration going on and is great to see. Loads of quirky little eateries and plenty of places to get a drink. Is the Great British seaside returning?

We visit from Ashford many times throughout the year, lovely place to walk, grab a coffee, beer or cocktail or some of the many food option available.

Lovely place to visit and just sit.

Beautiful views of Folkestone and the channel, lovely area to stroll eat and drink

Clearly money and time are being spent on renovating the old platforms, and the surrounding goods yards, to make it a food, and a art hub. It is easy to see the history of both the station and harbour. A visit in season and on a fine day would show of the work and allow you to enjoy food and drink whilst watching the sea or looking at the exhibits rather than a cold wet day in March!

Had a walk along the Harbour Arm and managed to see a gorgeous sunset which I really enjoyed. Visited this place with a friend a couple of mornings later and it wasn't as exciting. The lighthouse bar was a little depressing with all its unused, neglected furniture left outside in the cold. I suggest visiting during sunset only.

Lovely, a man outside tesco told me it was worth seeing. it was right.

Nice walk from Sandgate to Folkestone

I really want this place to be vibrant but it just isn't. The Christmas Market was so sad. 4 stalls selling smelly burny candle things. Folkestone is going through a revamp at the moment that looks very exciting but unless everyone is on board it won't work. There are a few places that are really trying, and you have to love them for that, but honestly we couldn't even buy a coffee on Christmas Eve?

Had craft fair going on,great to see so many people enjoying it.

Great afternoon on the Harbour arm. Lots of different food stalls and beer/ wine choices. Live music and a festive feel.

This is a amazing place to explore breathtaking views across the harbour and the English Channel plenty of places to eat and drink so what you waiting for make a day of it great for the kids too

Spent a lot here making up what years ago was the boat train departure point. Bern tastefully done up with numerous attractions including live music etc.

beautiful place for those who like to walk by the sea

Sunny and windy. Monday's are like Sundays here. I liked it. Earthy types. X big cups of coffee with real cream for keto types in coffee shop at the bottom of the cobbles.

Great place to explore and walk, nice sea view with a lot of sitting area to relax and enjoy.

Amazing place, on a clear day you can see France !

Visited on a pretty quiet early evening in September beautiful scenic views, variety of places to eat and drink. Check online for events and marketplace. We stopped for a drink and parmesan fries at Shesells Seashells quayside in a renovated train carriage offering steak, lobster and more.

Wonderful view, wonderful food!

A choice of bars and eateries inside and outdoors. Lovely relaxed feel with music outside inthe summer and a craft style Market along the old train platforms.

Nice place to visit during the week away from the madding crowd!

Sunny Autumn Saturday. 'Folkestone Triennial' exhibits all over the town. A fabulous place to wander for a few hours. Loads of opportunities to eat & drink. Having not visited for a year or two, the revival of the town is exciting to witness.

Amazing cocktails from Wildbox!

Nice place to visit with the family. Wasn't the best weather (bit overcast) on our day but overall was a lovely day. Lots of nice places to eat with scenic views and the kids loved it.

Food cooked well. Will visit again.

Loved getting onit down there 🥰

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Lots of places to eat and drink - a real variety of cooking styles and a huge outside TV screen to watch if you want to. I've seen seals and porpoises playing from the end of the Harbour Arm and the occasional tall ship docks there. The car park is large and easy to find. The whole place is well worth a visit as are The Pilot and the Little Rock restaurants on the beach next door to the Arm.

A wide range of different cuisines available from various outlets.

Really lovely place to walk and eat

A great day out! A beach bar like you would find in a continental holiday resort, street food, all mixed with a touch of class from Folkestone's heritage!

Great atmosphere, excellent food, the place was buzzing!

Nice walk along the harbour arm that has served Folkestone over the years

Very nice place with an upbeat vibe . This is a great example of how regeneration and opening up private places to public access can really transform an area .

Different. Fun walk down to the lighthouse

Nice for a stroll and fresh air and small cafes

Very pleasant visit with friends, a good destination 👍

Lovely stroll along the harbour good variety of eating stalls and drinks at the end the lighthouse nice place to while away some time with good food and drink

Always a treat to visit. A masterclass in making the most of a previously run down and virtually unused area, hopefully will go from success to success in the revival of a traditional English seaside/harbour town.