Capel-le-Ferne /ˌkeɪpəl lə ˈfɜːrn/ is a village on the White Cliffs of Dover, near Folkestone in Kent, England.
3 guns) used during the Second World War (the other part of the battery site is privately owned and is under restoration).
[citation needed] The village is twinned with the commune of Oye-Plage, which is about seven miles (12 km) east of Calais, France.
The electoral ward of Capel-le-Ferne includes Hougham Without and at the 2011 census it had a population of 2,347.
[2] Russell Hoban gave Capel-le-Fern the name "Crippel the Farn" in his post-apocalyptic novel Riddley Walker (1989).