The Clifton Hotel is Folkestones premier AA rated three star hotel with an elegant cliff-top position and spectacular views of the English Channel. Built in 1864, originally as a seaside townhouse for its Victorian residents, it nestles in the centre of Folkestones famous Leas, which is renowned for its well-kept lawns and gardens. Only fifty yards from the Leas Cliff Hall Conference and Entertainment Centre, the Clifton also provides an excellent base for trips to France being only three miles from the Le Shuttle terminal and seven miles from the ferry port in Dover, as well as being conveniently situated for the M20 motorway.