[1] It was announced on 28 November 1843 and was planned to be the station serving Hythe; the SER Chairman Joseph Baxendale hoped to stand as a candidate in the next general election for that constituency.

[5] In 2017, Shepway District Council announced plans to build a garden town next to the station, with around 12,000 new homes.

[6] Plans for the Otterpool garden town were approved by Folkestone and Hythe District Council in April 2023.

In 1898, a station about 250 metres west of Westenhanger was built to serve the adjacent Folkestone Racecourse.

There is a self-service ticket machine at the station entrance and passenger help points located on each of the platforms.