🌱 If you're a keen gardener or just like to keep your lawn nice and tidy, why not try our garden waste service.

🚛 Signing up for our collections not only saves a trip to the tip – but also means your green waste can be converted into something useful ➡ bit.ly/3Zga9dn

👂 Also known as the acoustic mirrors, concrete dishes or Listening Ears – these large structures are always worth a trip out to see for yourself.

📡 Operators used stethoscopes to detect sound waves, and it was so complex they could only listen for around 40 minutes at a time.

🎽 The award winning Folkestone Coastal 10K returns next month!

👏 We're happy to support this year’s event as we cheer on the participants – many of whom are raising money for a variety of charities and organisations.

🏅Want to sign up? Click here ➡️ bit.ly/444umH7

☀️ Looking to run an event over the summer?

🎶 Get your application in as early as possible as big events require involvement from quite a few organisations to get right.

📝 Learn about what things we need to know to help get yours organised here ➡ folkestone-hythe.gov.uk/organising-eve…

📢 Roll up, roll up! The Market returns to Guildhall Street this weekend!

💚 Local makers and traders will again be out offering their lovely Kentish wares and produce to passersby.

📌 Pop down between 10am and 2pm this Sunday 21 April ➡ kentfoodhubs.co.uk

💬 Want to help shape improvements to our active travel network?

♿️ We want your views on preferred cycling and walking routes – as well as those used by residents using a wheelchair or mobility aid – as part of a consultation, which closes this week ➡️ bit.ly/3U6mSiw

🤔 Interested in a safe and easy way to pay your council tax?

📲 Direct debit ensures that payments are made on time and for the right amount so you never forget to pay your bill.

ℹ️ For more information and how to apply, click here ➡️ bit.ly/3ikiih7

🏛 The Folkestone & Hythe District Council cabinet is meeting at 5pm this afternoon (17 April).

🎙 You can read the agenda and watch the proceedings live here ➡ folkestone-hythe.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocument…

🏆 The final week to send in your nominations for Kent Coast Volunteering's 'Excellence in Volunteering Awards 2024' is 𝗡𝗢𝗪.

📌 Get your vote in by next Monday 22 April ➡️ kcv.org.uk/folkestone-and…

✔️ A vacancy for a councillor has arisen at Lympne Parish Council.

ℹ️ More details can be found here ➡ bit.ly/2lwdXdv

An update from Southeastern:

The public toilets at Oaklands, Stade Street in Hythe will now be closed at 6pm every day.

Unfortunately there has been a recent increase in anti-social behaviour at this site, meaning we’ve had to take this decision to minimise the risk of further damage.

Coastline protection work has begun.

We appreciate your patience while this important work takes place as it is the best and most cost effective way to protect our coastline from flooding (as you can see from the images below!) ➡️ folkestone-hythe.gov.uk/news/article/2…