Folkestone & Hythe District Council Monthly Update: May 2026
A monthly bulletin from F&HDC. This month: Financial support for community groups, Renters’ Rights Act, Play Areas, Road of Remembrance, Carton Recycling & Paws for Thought.
2 Apr 2026
Ashford Parliamentary Constituency
Now covering the Folkestone & Hythe District Council wards of North Downs East and North Downs West
New boundaries for the 2024 General Election.
About Ashford Constituency
From the 2024 General Election, the Parliamentary Constituency of Ashford will (pretty ridiculously, in our opinion) include the District of Folkestone and Hythe wards of North Downs East and North Downs West, in addtion to the Ashford Borough Council seats of:
Aylesford & East Stour, Beaver, Bircholt, Bockhanger, Bybrook, Conningbrook & Little Burton Farm, Furley, Goat Lees, Godinton, Highfield, Kennington, Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry, Norman, Park Farm North, Park Farm South, Repton, Roman, Singleton East, Singleton West, Stanhope, Victoria, Washford, Willesborough, Wye with Hinxhill.
The Ashford seat therefore stretches pretty much to the coast, across an area that in no way could be called Ashford: Ashford and North Downs, maybe.
KCC Decision: To progress the Road of Remembrance embankment stabilisation works scheme through to delivery
Finally, after huge local lobbying, Kent County Council have published the decision notice to do the works needed to protect and reopen the Folkestone Road of Remembrance. Works could start as soon as May, and are likely to take up to a year.
2 Apr 2026
Easter Saturday Service 2026 on Folkestone Bus Route 74
Stagecoach Bus Service 74 doesn't run weekends or Bank Holidays. With Good Friday and Easter Monday would have meant its service area didn't have a bus for 4 days this weekend.
31 Mar 2026
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