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three hotels, three towns.

Canterbury inland, Dover at the port, Folkestone on the seafront. Pick by what you're here for.

The Great Room at Holiday Inn Express Canterbury, bright lounge with orange chairs

01 · Canterbury

Holiday Inn Express Canterbury

A ten-minute drive from Canterbury's historic centre: the Cathedral, the Marlowe Theatre and Whitefriars shopping. The seaside towns are an easy drive the other way.

Address
Upper Harbledown, Canterbury CT2 9HX
Telephone
+44 1227 865000
Included
Free WiFi · Express Start breakfast
  • Lounge & Bar
  • Express Start breakfast
  • The Great Room
Go to hiexpresscanterbury.co.ukPlan a day in Canterbury
Holiday Inn Express
Holiday Inn Dover entrance with outdoor seating under a canopy

02 · Dover

Holiday Inn Dover

Four-star, set in a landscaped garden with the coast around it. Dover and the ferry port are within a ten-minute radius, and the White Cliffs a stone's throw away. This is also the group's head office.

Address
Singledge Lane, Dover CT16 3EL
Telephone
+44 1304 821230
Included
Free WiFi
  • The Olive Tree
  • Starbucks
  • Costa
  • Grand Marquee
  • Garden Hideaway
  • Medway Room
Go to holidayinndover.co.ukVenues at Dover
Holiday Inn Dover
voco The Clifton, a white Victorian terrace on The Leas, Folkestone

03 · Folkestone

voco The Clifton Folkestone

A Victorian seafront hotel dating back to 1864, on The Leas, with the English Channel filling the windows. Premium three-star. Rooms have a flat-screen TV and a bath; the steakhouse and the Coral Bar are downstairs.

Address
Clifton Gardens, The Leas, Folkestone CT20 2EB
Telephone
+44 1303 851231
Included
Free WiFi · flat-screen TV · bath
  • Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill
  • The Coral Bar and Lounge
  • Coffee Lounge
Go to thecliftonhotel.comThe steakhouse
voco

where they sit on the map.

Drive times are approximate, outside the school run. The same map, in motion, is on the home page.

Map of East Kent: the Thames estuary at Whitstable and Herne Bay, the Isle of Thanet, Deal, Dover, Folkestone and Romney Marsh, with Holiday Inn Express Canterbury, Holiday Inn Dover, voco The Clifton Folkestone and Terlingham Vineyard at Hawkinge A2 · 17 mi A20 · M20 the English Channel Thames Estuary Pegwell Bay Romney Marsh the White Cliffs the Downs Whitstable Herne Bay Margate Broadstairs Ramsgate Sandwich Deal Hythe Dungeness Ashford CanterburyHoliday Inn Express Canterbury DoverHoliday Inn Dover Folkestonevoco The Clifton Terlingham Vineyard · Hawkinge
  • Canterbury → DoverA2 · about 25 min17 mi
  • Dover → FolkestoneA20 · about 15 min8 mi
  • Canterbury → Folkestoneabout 30 min17 mi
  • Folkestone → Terlingham VineyardHawkinge · about 10 min4 mi
  • Holiday Inn Dover → ferry portwithin a ten-minute radius10 min