Leas Lift information

Leas Lift
Leas Lift
Overview
Owner	The Folkestone Estate (formerly the Radnor Estate)
Locale	Folkestone, Kent
Coordinates	51°04′38″N 1°10′43″E / 51.0771°N 1.1785°E
Termini	Seafront (at the base); The promenade (at the top);
Stations	2
Service
Type	Funicular
Operator(s)	Folkestone Leas Lift Company
History
Opened	1885

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The Leas Lift is a grade II* listed funicular railway that carries passengers between the seafront and the promenade in Folkestone, Kent. Originally installed in 1885, it is one of the oldest water lifts in the UK.^[1]^[2]

The lift operates using water and gravity and is controlled from a small cabin at the top of the cliff.^[3] It has carried more than 36.4 million people since it opened,^[4] in a process that is especially energy efficient. The lift has a very small carbon footprint, as it emits no pollution and recycles all of the water used to drive the cars.^[5]

On June 1991, the lift was seen in an episode of The Darling Buds of May.^[6]

In June 2009, Folkestone and Hythe District Council’s lease ran out and it was decided that the lift was too expensive to run.^[1] Campaigners subsequently protested against the closure of the lift and in April 2010, it was announced that the lift was to be restored.^[7]^[8]

^ ^a ^b "Coastal water lift on Folkestone cliffs reopened". BBC News. 26 July 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
^ "The Leas Lift, Including Waiting Rooms, Brake Houses and Railings, Folkestone". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ How the Lift Works, The Folkestone Leas Lift Community Interest Company Archived 27 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ Folkestone’s Leas Lifts Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, The Grand
^ The Folkestone Leas Lift Community Interest Company Archived 18 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ Taylor, Alan F. (2002). Folkestone Past and Present. Somerset: Breedon Books. pp. 22–24. ISBN 1859832962.
^ "Coastal water lift on Folkestone cliffs to be restored". BBC News. 6 April 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
^ "Restored Folkestone Step Lift Carriage comes home (Photos)". Hawkinge Gazette. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2020.

[BBC-News-1] "Coastal water lift on Folkestone cliffs reopened". BBC News. 26 July 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2020.

[2] "The Leas Lift, Including Waiting Rooms, Brake Houses and Railings, Folkestone". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

[3] How the Lift Works, The Folkestone Leas Lift Community Interest Company Archived 27 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Folkestone’s Leas Lifts Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, The Grand

[leasliftfolkestone.co.uk-5] The Folkestone Leas Lift Community Interest Company Archived 18 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Taylor, Alan F. (2002). Folkestone Past and Present. Somerset: Breedon Books. pp. 22–24. ISBN 1859832962.

[7] "Coastal water lift on Folkestone cliffs to be restored". BBC News. 6 April 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2020.

[8] "Restored Folkestone Step Lift Carriage comes home (Photos)". Hawkinge Gazette. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2020.

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