Folkestone SS Mary & Eanswythe

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Community + Worship + Heritage

A friendly, historic church in the heart of Folkestone, home to the relics of Anglo-Saxon saint, St Eanswythe.

The church was consecrated on 12th September 1138. It houses the relics of Folkestone's Patron Saint, St Eanswythe, an Anglo-Saxon Kentish princess who established a nunnery on a site near the current church in around 650 AD, the one of the first religious communities for women in England. She died c 660 AD. Her reliquary was moved to what is now the chancel of the present church on 12 September 1138. 

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VISITING ST MARY & ST EANSWYTHE'S CHURCH

We are open for visiting and private prayer. The church is normally open on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. As we rely on volunteers, there are some days we can't open. For the present, we are unable to open on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Updated 10/6/25