CT18 7PA
Last sold £392,000 in September 2017
1, Downs Close, Folkestone
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 5 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,356 sq ft / 126 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
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Price history in context
- Today — see what it's worth now
- Apr 2000 — £130,000
- Feb 2002 — £155,000 · +19.2% · 6 pts ahead of the UK market
- Apr 2007 — £249,995 · +61.3% · 19 pts behind the UK market
- Sep 2017 — £392,000 · +56.8% · 33 pts ahead of the UK market
paid above the local norm at the time
vs 92 nearby sales within a year · 5-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Folkestone Academy is 2.5km away.
- The Churchill School is 209m away.
- Folkestone West station is 3.2km away.
- KILLING WOOD is 748m away.
- The coast (coastline) is 4.1km away.
- The Hart Reservoir is 1.6km away.
- Pond is 386m away.
- Canal is 5.2km away.
- Pent Stream is 2.7km away.
Broadband
- Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
- Ultrafast broadband (100Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
- Superfast broadband (30Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Folkestone West, 3.2km away
- 53 min London
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Nearby schools
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The Churchill School · primaryis 209m away.
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Hawkinge Primary School · primaryOfsted inspected May 2025 (ungraded framework — Standards maintained)is 649m away.
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Folkestone Primary · primaryOfsted Good (inspected Jun 2023)is 2.5km away.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 125 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
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Nearby sold homes
Planning activity nearby
- Erection of full-width gabled rear extension with rooflights. — Conditions, Apr 2025 source
- Installation of 2 x EV Charger upstands and associated feeder pillar cabinet and car… — Conditions, May 2026 source
- Single storey rear extension — Conditions, Apr 2026 source
- Change of use of existing attached residential annex to a treatment room. — Conditions, Oct 2025 source
- Single storey extension to the existing porch, single storey rear extension and works to… — Conditions, Jun 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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