CT19 5PU
Last sold £425,000 in December 2025
159, Downs Road, Folkestone
- Property type
- Bungalow
- Bedrooms
- 4 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,313 sq ft / 122 sq m
- Plot area
- about 4,300 sq ft / 400 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
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Price history in context
- Dec 2025 — £425,000 · +6.3% · 1 pts ahead of the UK market
- May 2022 — £400,000 · +50.9% · 30 pts ahead of the UK market
- Dec 2018 — £265,000 · +35.9% · 22 pts ahead of the UK market
- Oct 2015 — £195,000 · +134.9% · 11 pts behind the UK market
- Dec 1999 — £83,000
What this home might be worth today
£427,000
Estimate range £406,000–£449,000
+0.6% since December 2025 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 8 nearby sales within two years · 4-bed (est.) bungalow within 1 km
The life around it
- Folkestone Academy 10-min walk
- The Beacon Folkestone 8-min walk
- Folkestone Central station 21-min walk
- Killing Wood 1.7km
- The coast (coastline) 1.8km
- The Hart Reservoir 1.3km
- Boating Pond 842m
- Canal 4.3km
- Pent Stream 752m
- Radnor Park 758m
- Play Area 118m
- Spark 724m
- Downs Road (Just After) 102m
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
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 74 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
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Nearby sold homes
- 161, Downs Road, Folkestone £170,000 · 2014
- 155, Downs Road, Folkestone £412,000 · 2021
- 165, Downs Road, Folkestone £64,000 · 1998
- 157, Downs Road, Folkestone £107,000 · 2001
- 153, Downs Road, Folkestone £239,000 · 2005
- Little Down, 112, Downs Road, Folkestone £285,500 · 2019
Planning activity nearby
- Conditions Single storey rear extension and a two-storey side extension Sep 2025 source
- Permitted Non material amendment to planning permission 25/1415/FH to allow for removal of… Feb 2026 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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