# Folkestone Harbour (GB FOL)

**UN/LOCODE:** GB FOL  
**Country:** United Kingdom  
**Water Body:** English Channel; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Breakwater)  
**GPS:** 51.0833, 1.2000

Once a cross-Channel ferry harbour linking Folkestone with Boulogne, this port no longer handles commercial shipping: the freight service ended in 1966 and the last passenger ferry sailed in 2000. The harbour arm on the English Channel now serves leisure craft, a small fishing fleet and tourism rather than cargo, with no container, breakbulk or RoRo facilities. For freight forwarders its relevance is minimal. Roll-on/roll-off and ferry traffic across the Strait of Dover runs through nearby Dover, while accompanied road freight uses the Eurotunnel shuttle at Folkestone.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [London → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-shanghai)
- [London → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-shenzhen)
- [London → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-guangzhou)
- [London → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-hong-kong)
- [London → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-tokyo)
- [London → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-busan)

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*Freight Academy — Seaport Profile: [https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/folkestone-port-gb-fol](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/folkestone-port-gb-fol)*

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