More than 600 people from both sides of the Channel took part

Almost 600 people from both sides of the English Channel have come together in the Kent town to stage mock battles.

On Saturday morning, the actors paraded through the town centre with a cannon before joining a skirmish in Folkestone Harbour.

A larger-scale battle re-enactment was held in the afternoon on the East Cliff.

This afternoon we had to keep to history and the English won yet again Graham Barlow, event organiser

Members of the English and French Napoleonic Society also set up a tented village in which to live over the bank holiday weekend.

More than 3,000 visitors have watched the actors eating, sleeping and fighting dressed in authentic costumes.

Graham Barlow, a festival and events organiser for Folkestone and Eurotunnel employee, said on Sunday: "They are about to break camp and go back to where they have come from, all over Europe and the UK.

"Yesterday afternoon we had a battle re-enactment in front of the Martello Tower and we called it a draw - the French didn't win and the English didn't lose.

The actors are eating, sleeping and fighting in authentic costume

"But this afternoon we had to keep to history and the English won yet again."

He said the Napoleonic Festival, hosted by Folkestone Town Centre Management, had brought history to life for the adults and children who came to watch.

The free event will conclude with a concert of Georgian-era music at Folkestone's Saga Pavilion on Monday.

Mr Barlow said it had been so successful the organisers hoped to make it an annual event.

"We hope to expand it into a full Georgian week, all focused around Folkestone's history," he said.