Folkestone Pride LGBTQ+ History Month Walk - Round Two

An outrageously camp millionaire aesthete and politician; an artist who worked in Andy Warhol’s Factory; a celebrated WWI soldier and poet; a ground-breaking film-maker who painted with tar and planted flowers in the shingle; a trail-blazing lesbian novelist; the first trans-man to undergo phalloplasty; and one of the most celebrated theatrical talents of the 20th century – these are among the prominent LGBTQI+ characters you’ll encounter on this guided walk from Sandgate’s high street to the heart of Folkestone.

Join Folkestone Pride Director and co-owner of The Folkestone Bookshop, CP Hunter on a guided walking tour of Folkestone's Queer History for LGBTQ+ History Month. 

Saturday 2nd March - meeting at 10.30am for an 11am start, outside Orchard Lane Coffee House in Sandgate. A stop for refreshments at the Green Room at the Grand Hotel. Finishing up at The Folkestone Bookshop, with option for more refreshments and the opportunity to purchase books by some of the authors mentioned on the tour.

The walk is sponsored by our partner Art in Romney Marsh, as part of their Mind the Gap project, which celebrates local queer heritage.