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6 Best Activities In Folkestone
Folkestone is kind to families pushing a pram. Lower Leas Coastal Park is a park and playground on the coast, and open ground of that sort absorbs the awkward pairing of a child who runs and a baby who cannot yet walk better than almost anything else.
Below it, Sunny Sands Beach does the sand. Elham Valley Railway Museum rewards the child who wants to look closely at things. Kidz Planet is for the one who cannot look closely at anything yet.
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SightseeingElham Valley Railway Museum
Parks and PlaygroundsLower Leas Coastal Park
BeachesSunny Sands Beach
Indoor PlayLeas Cliff Hall
Sports & ActivitiesFolkestone Ski Centre
Indoor PlayKidz Planet
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Four of Folkestone's six listings are outdoors, so the town prefers a dry day. When it is wet you are down to a museum and an indoor play centre, which is an afternoon and not a great deal more. Seasonal hours are a real risk on this coast, so check before you drive down.
Visiting Folkestone with kids: FAQs
Is Folkestone manageable with a baby and a toddler?
That combination is exactly what the town handles best. Lower Leas Coastal Park takes a pram and gives the older one room to move, and Sunny Sands Beach does the same as long as you have shade and somewhere to change a nappy in mind. Kidz Planet is the indoor fallback. None of it needs the pair of them to want the same thing at once.
What would a nine-year-old actually enjoy?
Folkestone Ski Centre, most likely. A slope asks something of a nine-year-old and hands back a skill they can watch themselves acquiring. Elham Valley Railway Museum is the quieter alternative and better than it sounds for anyone who likes machines. The sand still works at nine — it just wants a bucket swapped for a body board or a football.
Is there anything indoors?
Three of the six listings record indoor space: Elham Valley Railway Museum, Kidz Planet and Leas Cliff Hall. The last of those depends on what is scheduled on the day rather than being somewhere you drop into, so look at its listings first instead of counting it as an automatic wet-afternoon plan.