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Is Westward Ho!… Still Open? The Hotel Inspector Update (Folkestone, UK)

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As of October 2026, Westward Ho! Hotel is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 22, 2026.

Primary source
au.trip.com ·
Secondary source
expedia.com.my ·

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What the source shows: Trip.com shows verified guest reviews dated through 2026-09-22 and Expedia shows reviews through 2026-09-09 for the Westward Ho Hotel at 13 Clifton Crescent.

  • Season / episode Season 14, Episode 4
  • Original air date
  • Address 13 Clifton Crescent, Folkestone CT20 2EL

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What happened after The Hotel Inspector?

The Hotel Inspector (Channel 5) episode "Westward Ho! Hotel, Folkestone" aired June 26, 2018. According to TheTVDB's episode entry, the 13-bed hotel in Folkestone, Kent, had stunning views. Its owner, Jon, had inherited it from his late mother, and a young couple lived on site and managed it. Occupancy was declining, and Jon had fallen out with the couple, so host Alex Polizzi had to mediate the dispute and get everyone working together again.

By 2026 the hotel was still being listed for bookings at 13 Clifton Crescent, Folkestone CT20 2EL. Trip.com shows the Westward Ho Hotel as a two-star property with 13 to 14 rooms and a garden, a rating of 7.8 out of 10 from 104 verified reviews, and individual reviews dated between May 25 and September 22, 2026. Expedia lists the Westward Ho Hotel at the same address with a rating of 8.0 from 448 reviews, the most recent dated September 9, 2026, and describes a family-run, Victorian-style building near Leas Cliff Hall and the beach. Guests quoted by Expedia's page praise the staff, location and value, while some note that the building is dated, has no lift and offers limited parking. Pets are allowed for a 10 pound fee.

A University Rooms listing for Westward Ho! Hotel, Folkestone, describes a bed and breakfast with en-suite rooms, sea views and a continental breakfast buffet from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., though it shows no dates or availability. The hotel's own website, westwardhohotel.co.uk, returned an access error when checked on October 19, 2026, so it could not be read. A Google Maps listing checked the same day was marked operational.

Westward Ho! Revisit, series 19, episode 9 of The Hotel Inspector (Channel 5), aired 2024-05-30 and returned to the Westward Ho! Hotel in Folkestone, Kent, which had first appeared in an earlier series. Wikipedia's list of the show's episodes records it as overall episode 164 and the first of four revisit episodes that closed series 19, followed by Hotel Celebrity Revisit on 2024-06-06, Loughborough Grange Revisit on 2024-06-13 and The Dukes Revisit on 2024-06-27. The episode lists on Wikipedia, TVmaze and TheTVDB give the title and air date but no description, so the sources read do not document what the revisit showed.

Featured on The Hotel Inspector

Season / episode
Season 14, Episode 4
Original air date
Episode title
Westward Ho! Hotel, Folkestone
What was featured
13-bed seaside hotel with falling occupancy and a staff dispute
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Westward Ho! Hotel
Season / episode
Season 19, Episode 9
Original air date
Episode title
Westward Ho! Revisit
What was featured
Revisit episode returning to the Westward Ho! Hotel in Folkestone
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Westward Ho! Hotel

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Visit info

Address
13 Clifton Crescent, Folkestone CT20 2EL
Venue type
hotel
Official website
westwardhohotel.co.uk

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Sources

  • TheTVDB — https://thetvdb.com/series/the-hotel-inspector/episodes/6733882
  • au.trip.com — https://au.trip.com/hotels/folkestone-hotel-detail-10758627/westward-ho-hotel
  • expedia.com.my — https://www.expedia.com.my/ms/Folkestone-Hotels-Westward-Ho-Hotel.h18053134.Hotel-Information
  • universityrooms.com — https://www.universityrooms.com/zh-CN/vendor/westwardhoct20
  • Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Hotel_Inspector_episodes
  • TheTVDB — https://thetvdb.com/series/the-hotel-inspector/seasons/official/19
  • tvmaze.com — https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/3130/the-hotel-inspector/episodes

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