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{{Short description|Service station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox Motorway Services
{{Infobox Motorway Services
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|county = [[Kent]]
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|dateopened = 2007
|dateopened = 9 January 2008{{cn|date=August 2024}}
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'''Stop 24 services''' is a [[motorway service station]] on the [[M20 motorway]] near [[Folkestone]] in [[Kent]]. They are the second to be built on the motorway and were opened in 2007.
'''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.{{cn|date=August 2024}} It is found off Junction 11; it contains a petrol station, parking for both cars and lorries, and a number of shops.


A lorry park with 82 parking spaces and customs clearance facilities provided by Channel Ports Ltd has been operated on the site since 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.channelports.co.uk/#sthash.3H9a9nSD.dpbs |title = Channel Ports - Home |publisher = Channel Ports Ltd |access-date = 23 June 2018 }}</ref>
The services are found off Junction 11 at [[Westenhanger]]. They contain a petrol station, parking for both cars and lorries, and a number of shops including [[W H Smith]] a foreign exchange facility called Xchange.
Now open is the lorry park with 82 parking spaces and customs clearance facilities provided by ChannelPorts Ltd see: http://www.channelports.co.uk/ and Harbour Shipping Limited see: http://www.harbourshipping.co.uk/


==History==
==History==
Junctions 10 to 13 of the M20 motorway were opened in 1981.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/6690.aspx |title=M20/M26/A20(London - Dover): Strategic development&nbsp;&ndash; Description of route |publisher=Highways Agency |accessdate=2009-09-05}}</ref> Prior to the construction of the services, the proposed site was subjected to an [[Archaeology|archaeological investigation]]. This was because the area was close to known archaeological sites. Shards of pottery dating from the 1st&ndash;4th centuries were discovered and there may have been a Roman settlement between the current site of the services and line of the nearby [[Roman road]] from [[Lympne]] to [[Canterbury]].<ref>{{citation |last=Stevens |first=S |year=1994 |title=Archaeological Evaluation of Land Adjacent to Hillhurst Farm, Westenhanger, Hythe, Kent (TR 132372) (Project No. 1994/126) |publisher=South Eastern Archaeological Services |location=Ditchling}}</ref>
The M20 motorway between junctions 10 and 13 was opened in 1981.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/6690.aspx |title=M20/M26/A20(London - Dover): Strategic development&nbsp;&ndash; Description of route |publisher=Highways Agency |access-date=2009-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223343/http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/6690.aspx |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Before the construction of the services, the proposed site was subjected to an [[Archaeology|archaeological investigation]]. This was because the area was close to known archaeological sites. Shards of pottery dating from the 1st&ndash;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]].<ref>{{citation |last=Stevens |first=S |year=1994 |title=Archaeological Evaluation of Land Adjacent to Hillhurst Farm, Westenhanger, Hythe, Kent (TR 132372) (Project No. 1994/126) |publisher=South Eastern Archaeological Services |location=Ditchling}}</ref>

==Facilities==
Folkestone Services has no on-site hotel.

===Restaurants===
* Subway
* KFC
* Chopstix noodle bar
* DonAir Kebabs
* The Cafe
* The Treats

===Petrol station===
The petrol station at Folkestone Services is a [[Shell plc|Shell]] station.

===Other facilities===
* Hythe Convenience Store
* Showers


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.stop24.co.uk Website]
*{{Official website|https://stop24.co.uk}}
*[http://www.channelports.co.uk Website] ChannelPorts website
*[http://www.harbourshipping.co.uk Website] Harbour Shipping website
*[http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/services/folkestone/ Stop 24 services - Motorway Services Online]
*[http://www.motorwayservices.info/area.php?area=144 Stop 24 services - Motorway Services Information]


[[Category:M20 motorway service stations]]
[[Category:M20 motorway service stations]]
[[Category:Transport in Kent]]
[[Category:Transport in Kent]]


{{UK Motorway Service Stations}}
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Latest revision as of 16:15, 21 November 2024

Folkestone services
Folkestone services is located in Kent
Folkestone services
Folkestone services
Location within Kent
Information
CountyKent
RoadM20
Coordinates:51°05′42″N 1°02′42″E / 51.095°N 1.045°E / 51.095; 1.045
Date opened9 January 2008[citation needed]
Websitestop24.co.uk

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.

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

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The 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

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Folkestone Services has no on-site hotel.

Restaurants

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  • Subway
  • KFC
  • Chopstix noodle bar
  • DonAir Kebabs
  • The Cafe
  • The Treats

Petrol station

[edit]

The petrol station at Folkestone Services is a Shell station.

Other facilities

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  • Hythe Convenience Store
  • Showers

References

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  1. ^ "Channel Ports - Home". Channel Ports Ltd. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  2. ^ M20/M26/A20(London - Dover): Strategic development – Description of route, Highways Agency, archived from the original on 27 September 2007, retrieved 5 September 2009
  3. ^ 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
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