Folkestone

Coordinates: 51°04'52?N 1°09'58?E? / ?51.081°N 1.166°E? / 51.081; 1.166 Folkestone /?fo?kst?n/ is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour and shipping port for most of the 19th and 20th century. There has been a settlement in this location since the Mesolithic era and was inhabited during Roman Britain. A nunnery was founded by Eanswith, daughter of Æthelberht of Kent in the 7th century, who is still commemorated as part of the town's culture.