Folkestone services is a motorway service station on the M20 motorway at Westenhanger, seven miles from Folkestone in Kent, England. It was the second to be built on the motorway, and was opened on 9 January 2008.[citation needed] It is found off Junction 11; it contains a petrol station, parking for both cars and lorries, and a number of shops.
| Folkestone services | |
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  Folkestone services Location within Kent | |
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| County | Kent |
| Road | M20 |
| Coordinates: | 51°05′42″N 1°02′42″E / 51.095°N 1.045°E |
| Date opened | 9 January 2008[citation needed] |
| Website | stop24 |
A lorry park with 82 parking spaces and customs clearance facilities provided by Channel Ports Ltd has been operated on the site since 2011.[1]
History
editThe M20 motorway between junctions 10 and 13 was opened in 1981.[2] Before the construction of the services, the proposed site was subjected to an archaeological investigation. This was because the area was close to known archaeological sites. Shards of pottery dating from the 1st–4th centuries were discovered, and there may have been a Roman settlement between the current site of the services and the line of the nearby Roman road from Lympne to Canterbury.[3]
Facilities
editFolkestone Services has no on-site hotel.
Restaurants
edit- Subway
- KFC
- Chopstix noodle bar
- DonAir Kebabs
- The Cafe
- The Treats
Petrol station
editThe petrol station at Folkestone Services is a Shell station.
Other facilities
edit- Hythe Convenience Store
- Showers
References
edit- ^ "Channel Ports - Home". Channel Ports Ltd. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ M20/M26/A20(London - Dover): Strategic development – Description of route, Highways Agency, archived from the original on 27 September 2007, retrieved 5 September 2009
- ^ Stevens, S (1994), Archaeological Evaluation of Land Adjacent to Hillhurst Farm, Westenhanger, Hythe, Kent (TR 132372) (Project No. 1994/126), Ditchling: South Eastern Archaeological Services