Folkestone Beach Book Swap Draws 2,073 People and Sets World Record
More than 2,000 people gathered at Sunny Sands for what organisers say was a world-record book swap, turning Folkestone’s shoreline into a joyful celebration of stories, [...]
Folkestone Library
Folkestone Library Move: KCC Puts Grace Hill Building on Disposal Track
Kent County Council has now put Folkestone’s old Grace Hill library on the disposal track while pressing ahead with a new library home at 14 Sandgate Road. The paperwork [...]
Folkestone Library: The Rise, Decline and Fight to Save Grace Hill’s Grade II Listed Landmark
Grace Hill is not just a building with books. It is a piece of Folkestone’s civic identity: a red-brick landmark, Grade II listed, built in the late Victorian period [...]
How Folkestone Library Could Stay at Grace Hill: Three Realistic Plans to Keep the Historic Site Open Without Raising Council Tax Above 3.99%
Works have started on Kent County Council’s new “town-centre hub” at 14 Sandgate Road — the former Woolworths — combining adult education and Folkestone Library, [...]
Folkestone Library: Grace Hill Sale Looms as KCC Set To Move Service to 14 Sandgate Road (Old Woolworths)
When Kent County Council finally shut the doors of Folkestone Library’s landmark Grace Hill building in December 2022, it did so on a stark claim: the building had become [...]
Folkestone Library Closure: Historic Grace Hill Building Up for Sale After £2.9m Repair Costs and Community Protests
Folkestone’s Grade II Listed Library at 2 Grace Hill abruptly closed in late 2022 after severe water ingress rendered the Grade II listed building unsafe. Kent County [...]
Deadline to have your say on Folkestone Library ends at midnight.
The deadline for having a say on the future of Folkestone’s Library ends tonight at MIDNIGHT, the 11TH SEPTEMBER 2024. We need to stop the loss to our community of this [...]
Petition to Save Folkestone Library will be presented to KCC representatives today.
Today, the petition to Save our Library, Folkestone Library, will be presented to elected representative of Kent County Council. To everyone who has signed the petition [...]
Tales from the Campaign Trail
Life on a campaign trail trying to get elected has it moments. Yesterday for instance, there were several dogs on the other side of doors, which were seriously attempting [...]
Our heritage is of substantial value to us all
Does it matter? Some think it does Is it important? Depends who you talk to. What the devil are we talking about? Well Heritage of course. Heritage is an emotive [...]
Fixing a hole and saving a million
Folkestone Library is falling into disrepair and the holes need to be fixed to stop the rain from getting in. On Thursday 4th May 2017 David Monk was elected as a Kent County [...]