CT19 5PJ
Last sold £262,500 in December 2020
1, Downs Road, Folkestone
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Bedrooms
- 4 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,216 sq ft / 113 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 30m — higher than about 10% of homes in Folkestone
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Price history in context
- Dec 2020 — £262,500 · +6.7% · 2 pts behind the UK market
- Apr 2019 — £246,000 · +9.3% · 3 pts ahead of the UK market
- Dec 2016 — £225,000 · +34.7% · 27 pts behind the UK market
- Aug 2003 — £167,000
What this home might be worth today
£311,000
Estimate range £295,000–£326,000
+18.3% since December 2020 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 84 nearby sales within a year · 4-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Mundella Primary School 3-min walk
- The Beacon Folkestone 10-min walk
- Folkestone Central station 18-min walk crosses a major road
- Killing Wood 2.3km
- The coast (coastline) 1.1km
- The Hart Reservoir 1.9km
- Boating Pond 692m
- Canal 4.5km
- Pent Stream 365m
- Radnor Park 551m
- Canterbury Road Recreation Ground 260m
- Spark 25m
- Black Bull Road (Adj) 13m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
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 Central, 1.1km away
- 56 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.
Schools nearby
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,950 hours a year — sunnier than 90% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 4% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 75 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 3, Downs Road, Folkestone £340,000 · 2022
- 7, Downs Road, Folkestone £400,000 · 2022
- 117, Black Bull Road, Folkestone £125,000 · 2004
- 129a, Black Bull Road, Folkestone £126,500 · 2011
- The Old Bakery, Mead Road, Folkestone £125,000 · 2017
- 127, Black Bull Road, Folkestone £68,000 · 2002
Planning activity nearby
- Conditions Erection of single storey rear extension to ground floor retail unit Jun 2025 source
- Conditions Single storey rear extension. May 2025 source
- Permitted Notification under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)… May 2026 source
- Conditions Replace existing double-sided internally illuminated 6-sheet bus shelter advertising… Feb 2025 source
- Permitted Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for change of use from C3 dwelling to 5 bed, 6… Mar 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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