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CT19 5PX

Last sold £352,000 in January 2023

189, Downs Road, Folkestone

Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
4 (est.)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
1,130 sq ft / 105 sq m
EPC rating
C
Elevation
About 43m — higher than about 40% of homes in Folkestone

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Price history in context

  • Jan 2023 — £352,000 · +41.4% · 10 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Jan 2017 — £249,000 · +34.6% · 8 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Apr 2010 — £185,000 · +88.8% · 6 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Feb 2001 — £98,000
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £352,000 £98,000 2001 2023

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 967m
  • Canal 4.4km
  • Pent Stream 886m
  • Radnor Park 900m
  • Play Area 150m
  • Spark 837m
  • Downs Road (Just After) 213m

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

Noise

Road noise here is mapped at 60–64 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a busy road within earshot.

Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.

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

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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
  • Undecided Demolition of the garden centre, removal of two storey staff block, creation of new… Jun 2026 source
  • Undecided Variation of conditions 20 and 25 of planning permission Y04/1113/SH to enable… Jun 2026 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.

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