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The Carlton Hotel

3.0 star property
Victorian hotel with 24-hour front desk and restaurant

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Family Room (Deluxe)
Interior
Terrace/patio
Lounge
Dinner served

Reviews

5.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Breakfast available
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
The current price is AU$104
includes taxes & fees
7 July - 8 July

Explore the area

Map
16/19 The Leas, Folkestone, England, CT20 2DU
  • Leas Cliff Hall
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Folkestone Harbour
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Folkestone Beach
    ‪14 min walk‬

Room options

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Soundproofing, free WiFi, bed sheets

Comfort Double Room, Sea View

Highlights

Soundproofed
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Private bathroom
Coffee/tea maker
Electric kettle
Daily housekeeping
  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Single Room

Single Room

Highlights

Soundproofed
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Private bathroom
Coffee/tea maker
Electric kettle
Daily housekeeping
  • 22 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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Family Room (Deluxe)

Family Room (Deluxe)

Highlights

Soundproofed
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Private bathroom
Coffee/tea maker
Electric kettle
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Double Room

Double Room

Highlights

Soundproofed
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Private bathroom
Coffee/tea maker
Electric kettle
Daily housekeeping
  • 22 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Flat-screen TV

Double Room, Sea View

Highlights

Soundproofed
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Private bathroom
Coffee/tea maker
Electric kettle
Daily housekeeping
  • 22 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Twin Room

Twin Room

Highlights

Soundproofed
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Private bathroom
Coffee/tea maker
Electric kettle
Daily housekeeping
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Soundproofing, free WiFi, bed sheets

Twin Room, Sea View

Highlights

Soundproofed
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Private bathroom
Coffee/tea maker
Electric kettle
Daily housekeeping
  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Soundproofing, free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room (Extra bed)

Highlights

Soundproofed
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Private bathroom
Coffee/tea maker
Electric kettle
Daily housekeeping
  • 37 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Single Bed

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Family Room

Family Room

Highlights

Soundproofed
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Private bathroom
Coffee/tea maker
Electric kettle
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds and 1 Single Bed

About the area

Folkestone

The Carlton Hotel puts you in the heart of Folkestone, within steps of Lower Leas Coastal Park and Leas Cliff Hall. Highlights at this Victorian hotel include a restaurant, free self-parking and a bar/lounge. .This smoke-free hotel offers free WiFi in public areas, a business centre and concierge services. Added amenities include a snack bar/deli, a 24-hour front desk and a terrace. Each morning continental breakfast is served between 7:30 AM and 9:30 AM. There's also the convenience of limited parking. .Attractions within a 15-minute drive of this 3-property class Folkestone hotel include Port Lympne Wild Animal Park and Gardens and Dover Western Docks Cruise Terminal.

What's nearby

  • Leas Cliff Hall - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Leas Lift - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Sandgate Beach - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Folkestone Harbour - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Folkestone Beach - 14 min walk - 1.3 km

Getting around

  • Folkestone Central Station - 11 min walk

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪The Bouverie Tap - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Papa's Fish & Chips - Sandgate Road - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Butty's - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Gourmet Kitchen - ‬4 min walk

About this property

The Carlton Hotel

Victorian hotel with 24-hour front desk and restaurant
There's a restaurant on site, as well as a snack bar/deli. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. A business centre and 2 meeting rooms are available.

WiFi is free in public spaces. A terrace, multilingual staff, and tour/ticket assistance are also featured at The Carlton Hotel. Limited free parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

This Victorian Folkestone hotel is smoke free.

  • 70 guestrooms or units
  • 04 levels
  • 03 buildings
  • Built in 1880
  • Deli
  • Business facilities
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Express check-in
  • Express check-out
  • Staff members are multilingual
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front desk safe
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Concierge
  • Terrace
  • Outdoor picnic space
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • Television in lobby
  • Lift
  • No smoking on site
  • Bar or lounge
  • Dining venue
The Carlton Hotel offers 70 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and free toiletries. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms.

Bathrooms include baths or showers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices)). Housekeeping is offered on a daily basis and hairdryers can be requested.

Languages

English, French, Romanian, Spanish

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices)
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site parking

Food and drink

  • Daily continental breakfast available 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee: GBP 5 for adults and GBP 5 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Snack bar/deli
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • 2 meeting rooms
  • Business centre

Outdoors

  • Picnic area
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Lift
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • 3 buildings
  • 4 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1880
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • Smoke-free property
  • Victorian architecture

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Heating
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; check-in end time: anytime
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM
Contactless check-out
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: GBP 15
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for continental breakfast: from approximately GBP 5 for adults and from GBP 5 for children
  • Late check-out fee: GBP 15 (subject to availability)

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard and American Express. Cash is not accepted. 

We should mention

  • This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly).

Property is also known as

Carlton Folkestone
Carlton Hotel Folkestone
The Carlton Hotel Hotel
The Carlton Hotel Folkestone
The Carlton Hotel Hotel Folkestone

Frequently asked questions

What is the cancellation policy at The Carlton Hotel?

The Carlton Hotel offers free cancellation on select room rates. Check out the cancellation policy for more info.

How much does it cost to stay at The Carlton Hotel?

As of 2 July 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at The Carlton Hotel on 7 July 2025 start from AU$104.32, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Is parking available at The Carlton Hotel?

Yep, The Carlton Hotel has a free self car park. Onsite parking is limited.

Are there any beaches close to The Carlton Hotel?

Yep, The Carlton Hotel is a short 11-minute walk from Sandgate Beach.

Does The Carlton Hotel serve breakfast?

Sure does, continental brekkie is on offer daily from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM.

Is there a free airport shuttle available at The Carlton Hotel?

No, The Carlton Hotel does not offer an airport shuttle service.

Is there a bar or restaurant at The Carlton Hotel?

Yep, they've got a lounge bar and an onsite restaurant.

What time are check-in & check-out at The Carlton Hotel?

Check-in begins at 2:00 PM. Check-out time is 10:30 AM.

Are pets allowed at The Carlton Hotel?

No, pets are not allowed.

The Carlton Hotel Reviews

Reviews

5.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 139 out of 1006 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 206 out of 1006 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 255 out of 1006 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 165 out of 1006 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 241 out of 1006 reviews

5.6/10

Cleanliness

6.8/10

Staff & service

6.2/10

Amenities

5.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Amanda

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Michael

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Emily

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Hotel staff just barge into the rooms without knocking half the time, housekeeping opened the door to me laying half naked in bed with my girlfriend at 8 in the morning on a weekend. Rooms are dirty and provide you with tiny plastic cups. Shower pressure is horrendous. Fire alarms going off at all sorts of hours - and the fire alarm in my room is broken and doesnt even sound like an alarm, just sounds like some sort of dying cat. Owner is too casual about the fire alarms and claims that it’s due to people smoking in their rooms which concerns me because the place could be burning down and he wouldnt even notice!!! Sinks are awful and the kettle is basically useless because you cant fit it in the sink to fill it up. You get provided with one roll of abrasive one ply toilet roll. TV doesnt work. Heaters give out headachy hot air which left me with migraines for a few days, resulting in me having to open the window which just makes it too cold in here. When the windows are closed, they get covered in condensation and are only single glaze. Whole place smells, stairs are wonky and inaccessible to get up with any sort of luggage. Lift only goes from the second floor upwards - and apparently hasnt worked in ages. Claims to be soundproof but I can literally hear everything going on all the way down the hall. Mould in the rooms made me ill. Barely any room to move around in the room. Man downstairs is creepy toward young girls.

4/10 Poor

Stuart

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Blood stained room

The first room offered had blood stains on the curtains. The second room soo small had to walk around it sideways and we r both healthy weights not overweight being 5feet two inches tall and weighing 8 stone 8 pounds. Then found blood dripping and dried on the sink. And the walls by the window there was a bad smell around the place told it was incence. It gave me a sore throat. The shower was small the shower head loose we had to hold it with one hand to direct it over us. As when u tried to move close enough to get wet the handle stuck out we pushed the water off difficult to explain that problem. Elenctric Plug hanging off the wall by T.V. cobwebs i had to clean off the window as i had them stuck to my hand when i tried to open the curtains in the morning
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Denise

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Darren

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Emily

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
All good, no problems
Stayed 14 nights in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Amanda

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

MIIS J

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

ivo

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Room next door had volume stuck on TV at max. Took age to sort out. No hot water for the shower and no plug for the sink.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Michael

Wouldn’t say here again
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Sandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were excellent and friendly
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very conveniently located but very budget type accomodation. Greeted on arrival with the strong smell of weed as smokers directly outside front door. Room was extremely basic and curtains, carpets and furnishings all very worn/ tired
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

natasha

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I checked in Friday afternoon after travelling hours pictures looked really nice ov the hotel online the price was really cheap for 5nights. When I got into my room it was not what I was shown the room was dirty the bed was not a bed you could stay in the intire room was not clean it was that bad i booked another hotel and left, before I left they asked me if I wanted to see another room I said no because the standards of that room was desticable I was very disappointed. The money I spent on the room they should fix it up as I’ve had no emails to even say I could have some of my money back I was in the room no more than 15 minutes! How they can even charge to stay in that room is beyond me
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Angela

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Alecia

Travelled with family
Disliked: Amenities
Do not stay here, dirty smelly bathroom, chipped furniture- old wooden dark, nothing like the pictures on website, tatty, awful. Felt unsafe & dark / dingy. My 15 year old was literally in tears with how awful it is. Thankfully only a stop off from ferry trip but not a place I would ever set foot in again
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Rachel

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Basic, room stunk of cigerattes.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

sherrie

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There was nothing to like when we turned up. the room smelt badly like it had not been cleaned .the carpet was worn old and smelt .we looked out onto a muddy if u call it a car park. The bed was shabby and the head board wasn't even attached to anything.its one of those places where u just felt dirty wen uwalked out.there was people drinking cans on the bench as u walked up the steps it is just advertised I'll say wrongly I wouldn't advise anyone to stay there unless ur homeless and even then that's at a push.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Anine

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
If I could give it a minus star I would have. Even though arranged for a room with easy access I was put on the second floor. Stairs are dangerous. Was then put in a ground floor facing a terrible dodgy carpark and could bot open the window because anyone could look in or even get in through window. Was then moved to another room which was much better but even though it states seaview there was very little to view through the dirty windows. The drains smelled really bed and the shower took 5 minutes to warm up, I wont even start with the water pressure. Their website shows that there is a lift but apparently it has not been working for a very long time now. The only nice thing about it was the location and staff were friendly. Will definitely not recommend this place. This is not a 3 star as indicated. The carpet was not even vacuumed and I did not take my shoes off at all. It is advertised as soundproof but it is absolutely not.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Nicholas

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Parking is in a very muddy area, carpets were covered in dust and walls were oaper thin!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Marlene

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Advertised on the website was : Full breakfast, but being english that meant to us bacon, eggs etc but it was full continental. The room was fine, clean etc, but a bedside light would have been an asset. Other that that ,staff very friendly & helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Louise

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I wasnt expecting the Ritz as this is a budget hotel. However, i expected to get what i booked. We booked a comfort room with sea view. We had a small double bed that was low and very uncomfortable, you could feel every spring, we couldnt see the sea due to the amount of condensation on the window. When making the reservation it said we would have a queen bed and a newly renovated room. The carpet looked like it was from the 80s and had never been cleaned it was filthy, we didnt dare take off our socks. When opening the draws they were full of broken wood. Thats without the state of the bathroom. The floor looked like sandpaper rather than lino, the bath and sink had nasty limescale marks all over. We had to ask for a plug. The shower hose was coiled up in the corner of the bath and looked filthy. The advert also said the rooms were soundproof, we could hear everyone around us, plus they had music playing downstairs till late which you could hear clearly in the room. As well as people shouting in the corridor at 1am!! The room smelt musty which was off putting. We were booked for 2 nights we only stayed the one as we couldnt stay any longer. If we hadnt of arrived so late in the day, i dont think we would have stayed at all. We left first thing in the morning.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Naveen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

Deborah

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Awful dirty place that let under 18s in to play the fruut machines, dirty bath with bugs on the floor, looks grand on outside but inside the rooms not so
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025