Jobs in Folkestone

Folkestone is a coastal town on the Kent side of the Channel, and the job market here is shaped by two things: the tunnel and Saga. The single biggest private employer is Saga, whose head office sits at Enbrook Park in Sandgate (CT20 3SE). The over-50s travel and insurance group was founded in the town in 1951 and has been based here for around 75 years; after closing the Enbrook Park site in 2023, it moved staff back in during 2025. Live vacancies lean towards insurance, customer service, finance and admin, alongside hospitality, retail and care work in a seaside town that has drawn visitors on the back of Sir Roger De Haan's Harbour Arm and Creative Quarter regeneration.

The other main draw is logistics and transport. Eurotunnel/LeShuttle runs its Folkestone terminal at Cheriton, off the M20, and recruits across operations, maintenance and terminal services. Just down the A20 at Newingreen near Hythe (CT21 4JF), Holiday Extras has its campus by M20 Junction 11 and takes on contact-centre, technology and travel-trade staff. Industrial and trade work clusters at Park Farm Industrial Estate (CT19 5, near M20 Junction 13) and Shearway Business Park, home to firms such as Travis Perkins and City Plumbing. For health roles, the Royal Victoria on Radnor Park Avenue handles urgent and community care, while acute NHS jobs sit at the William Harvey in Ashford.

A large share of hiring here goes through agencies, with local and Ashford-based recruiters covering the warehouse, driving, care and seasonal hospitality end, so registering with a couple alongside applying direct is common practice. On transport, Folkestone Central is on HS1, reaching London St Pancras in about 53 minutes, with Folkestone West the second high-speed stop; the M20 links straight to Ashford and the M25. Postcodes CT19 and CT20 cover the town itself, with CT18 and CT21 spreading into the surrounding villages and Hythe.