Book-lined walls at Steep Street Coffee House
Stacked books and a reading lamp at Steep Street Coffee House

Steep Street Coffee House

Folkestone

A book-lined café halfway up the Old High Street, modelled on the book cafés of Paris.

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Food & drinkTime here: 30–45 min

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18-24 The Old High Street, Folkestone, CT20 1RL

Quick facts

Its shelves hold poetry, local writing, classics and art books, many of them for sale.

Alice Larkin and Stephen Brothwell found the empty building in 2015, after moving from Brighton.

It hosts writers’ events as well as coffee.

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