Folkestone White Horse — Attraction in Folkestone and Hythe District

Everything's a product of its time. This White Horse was constructed in 2003, so it needs some time to bed in and become traditional. Ask me again in a couple of hundred years and I'll probably give it another star.

Right now though, it's just a bunch of paving slabs which have been slapped on the hillside and painted white. Its main purpose in life seems to be to give people something "inspiring" to see out of the tiny portholes of the Eurotunnel trains in the Folkestone terminus that it overlooks. The whole thing feels kinda tacky and contrived.

It's a nice place to walk a dog though. Just be careful on the access, which is through very narrow roads that some drivers like to...

Parked on the road above, in a decent-sized layby, probably enough room for 10 cars. Entered the area through the gate with my son and wandered down the steep bank.

If the ground has any moisture then it's going to be slippy, so a dry day would be best for this route!

We went slightly lower than the horse to get a decent view and then wandered around it to get a close-up view.

It's a great design but is obscured from the M20 by the Euro...

Above the horse there is a place for parking with great views of Folkestone and the Eurotunnel terminal. And on sunny day you can see France very well. I take my son here sometimes to watch the trains. You can get down to the horse from here. Not good for picknicks as it gets very...