CT19 5PX
Last sold £237,000 in October 2012
126, Downs Road, Folkestone
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Bedrooms
- 5 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,367 sq ft / 127 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
- Elevation
- About 42m — higher than about 30% of homes in Folkestone
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Price history in context
- Oct 2012 — £237,000
What this home might be worth today
£411,000
Estimate range £390,000–£431,000
+73.4% since October 2012 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 64 nearby sales within a year · 5-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Folkestone Academy 12-min walk
- The Beacon Folkestone 10-min walk
- Folkestone Central station 23-min walk crosses a major road
- Killing Wood 1.6km
- The coast (coastline) 1.9km
- The Hart Reservoir 1.2km
- Pond 947m
- Canal 4.4km
- Pent Stream 854m
- Radnor Park 867m
- Play Area 136m
- Spark 814m
- Downs Road (Just After) 186m
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, 1.4km 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 1,930 hours a year — sunnier than 90% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on a gentle south-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 6% 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
- 130, Downs Road, Folkestone £206,000 · 2013
- 189, Downs Road, Folkestone £352,000 · 2023
- 187, Downs Road, Folkestone £360,000 · 2025
- 132, Downs Road, Folkestone £325,000 · 2024
- 120, Downs Road, Folkestone £440,000 · 2022
- 193, Downs Road, Folkestone £370,000 · 2022
Planning activity nearby
- Conditions Change of use from use class B8 to a brewery (use class B2 general industrial) Jan 2025 source
- Permitted Non material amendment to planning permission 25/1415/FH to allow for removal of… Feb 2026 source
- Conditions Single storey rear extension and a two-storey side extension Sep 2025 source
- Permitted Approval of details pursuant to condition 2 (drainage) of planning permission 24/1611/FH. Feb 2025 source
- Undecided Two-storey side & single-storey rear extensions with front garden alterations to provide… Jun 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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