CT19 5PU
Last sold £412,000 in December 2021
155, Downs Road, Folkestone
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 8 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,496 sq ft / 139 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
- Elevation
- About 34m — higher than about 20% of homes in Folkestone
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Price history in context
- Dec 2021 — £412,000
What this home might be worth today
£454,000
Estimate range £431,000–£476,000
+10.1% since December 2021 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well below the local norm at the time
vs 9 nearby sales within a year · 8-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Folkestone Academy 10-min walk
- The Beacon Folkestone 8-min walk
- Folkestone Central station 21-min walk crosses a major road
- Killing Wood 1.7km
- The coast (coastline) 1.8km
- The Hart Reservoir 1.3km
- Boating Pond 828m
- Canal 4.3km
- Pent Stream 740m
- Radnor Park 742m
- Play Area 115m
- Spark 703m
- Downs Road (Just After) 85m
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, 1.3km 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-west-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
- 159, Downs Road, Folkestone £425,000 · 2025
- 161, Downs Road, Folkestone £170,000 · 2014
- 151, Downs Road, Folkestone £220,000 · 2019
- 104, Downs Road, Folkestone £345,000 · 2023
- 108, Downs Road, Folkestone £220,000 · 2017
- 149, Downs Road, Folkestone £200,000 · 2013
Planning activity nearby
- 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
- Conditions Change of use from use class B8 to a brewery (use class B2 general industrial) Jan 2025 source
- Conditions Single storey rear extension and conversion of existing garage into additional living… May 2026 source
- Conditions Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 23/1215/FH to allow for… Aug 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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