Urgent Treatment Centre

Folkestone Urgent Treatment Centre Live Waiting Times

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

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Closed
Currently closed
Reopens tomorrow at 08:00
Average wait when open: 1 hr 3 min
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Live Updated 12 min ago
46 min
estimated wait time
↓ 51 min shorter than usual (1 hr 37 min avg)
5 hr
longest today
16 min
shortest today
1 hr 37 min
usual wait
Typical wait for non-urgent cases. Patients are seen in order of clinical priority. The most seriously ill are always seen first, no matter how busy the department is.
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2 people
waiting
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Today's waiting times
Typical waits by time of day
Usually quietest around 8am - busiest around 3pm
Typical waits by day of week
Sunday tends to be quietest, Monday busiest
Contact & location
Royal Victoria Hospital, Folkestone, CT19 5BN
Folkestone Urgent Treatment Centre
Opening times
Monday08:00 - 20:00
Tuesday08:00 - 20:00
Wednesday08:00 - 20:00
Thursday08:00 - 20:00
Friday Today08:00 - 20:00 Closed now
Saturday08:00 - 20:00
Sunday08:00 - 20:00
Getting here
Train stations
Folkestone Central Rail Station5 min walk to Urgent Treatment Centre
Folkestone West Rail Station16 min walk to Urgent Treatment Centre
Bus stops
11 routes·2 operators·5 stops within walking distance
Radnor Park (opp, south-west)2 min walk to Urgent Treatment Centre
16StagecoachCanterbury ↔ Folkestone
19StagecoachSwingfield Minnis ↔ Saltwood
73StagecoachHawkinge ↔ Folkestone
74StagecoachBroadmead ↔ Folkestone
91StagecoachDover ↔ Folkestone
91AStagecoachTower Hamlets ↔ Folkestone
972StagecoachHawkinge ↔ Saltwood
975StagecoachHawkinge ↔ Folkestone
ECrosskeys CoachesHawkinge ↔ Saltwood
Radnor Park (adj, north-east)2 min walk to Urgent Treatment Centre
16StagecoachFolkestone ↔ Canterbury
73StagecoachFolkestone ↔ Hawkinge
74StagecoachFolkestone ↔ Broadmead
91StagecoachFolkestone ↔ Dover
91AStagecoachFolkestone ↔ Dover
973StagecoachFolkestone ↔ Hawkinge
974StagecoachFolkestone ↔ Hawkinge
ECrosskeys CoachesSaltwood ↔ Hawkinge
Alder Road (o/s 9, westbound)4 min walk to Urgent Treatment Centre
74StagecoachFolkestone ↔ Broadmead
974StagecoachFolkestone ↔ Hawkinge
Fire Station (opp, southbound)4 min walk to Urgent Treatment Centre
73StagecoachHawkinge ↔ Folkestone
74StagecoachBroadmead ↔ Folkestone
Fire Station (adj, northbound)4 min walk to Urgent Treatment Centre
73StagecoachFolkestone ↔ Hawkinge
74StagecoachFolkestone ↔ Broadmead
974StagecoachFolkestone ↔ Hawkinge
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Folkestone Urgent Treatment Centre wait times - last 24 hours
Hour Avg. wait People waiting
Today, 6 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 35 min 4
Today, 5 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 49 min 3
Today, 4 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 1 hr 7
Today, 3 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 1 hr 7
Today, 2 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 4 hr 30 min 8
Today, 1 PM
avg. of 3 readings
 3 hr 40 min 8
Today, 12 PM
avg. of 3 readings
 2 hr 20 min 10
Today, 11 AM
avg. of 3 readings
 1 hr 8
Today, 10 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 57 min 6
Nearby A&E & urgent care
Buckland Urgent Treatment Centre
6.1 mi away
Short wait
Deal Urgent Treatment Centre
13.2 mi away
Long wait
Faversham Urgent Treatment Centre
20.0 mi away
Long wait
Maidstone Hospital A&E
32.5 mi away
Short wait
Tunbridge Wells Hospital At Pembury A&E
37.7 mi away
Short wait

There are also other nearby A&Es which collect wait times from the community, including William Harvey Hospital (Ashford), Kent & Canterbury and Estuary View.

Where this data comes from
Wait times shown here are sourced from publicly available information published by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. Our system automatically checks the hospital’s website at regular intervals and records the displayed waiting time. Where a trust does not publish waiting times directly, we may source data from third-party applications or services that provide equivalent publicly available information. Data was last checked at 8:29pm on 5 Jun 2026.
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Independently captured screenshot of East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust’s public wait time page
Captured at 8:29 pm on Friday 5 June 2026

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