CT20 2JR
Last sold £440,000 in March 2005
2, Marten Road, Folkestone
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 46m — higher than about 40% of homes in Folkestone
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Price history in context
- Mar 2005 — £440,000 · +291.1% · 137 pts ahead of the UK market
- Oct 1996 — £112,500
What this home might be worth today
£850,000
Estimate range £807,000–£892,000
+93.1% since March 2005 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 66 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Sandgate Primary School 13-min walk
- Earlscliffe (Sussex Summer Schools Ltd) 6-min walk
- Folkestone Central station 10-min walk
- Killing Wood 3.0km
- The coast (coastline) 937m
- The Hart Reservoir 1.8km
- Pond 515m
- Canal 3.0km
- Pent Stream 661m
- Public Park 269m
- Play Area 201m
- Shop 616m
- Ravenlea Road (Adj) 155m
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, 467m 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
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3 The Harvey Grammar School · Secondary · Boys 0.3 miles State Attainment 8: 62.9 — top 20% nationally (2023)
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,940 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 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 53 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 16, Flat 2, Marten Road, Folkestone £250,000 · 2026
- 4, Flat 1, Marten Road, Folkestone £268,000 · 2026
- 7, Marten Road, Folkestone £539,000 · 2025
- 5b, Marten Road, Folkestone £222,500 · 2025
- 12, Marten Road, Folkestone £120,000 · 1999
- 18, Flat 1, Marten Road, Folkestone £105,000 · 2002
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Lawful Development Certificate (existing) for the continued use of the Rear Ground Floor… Jun 2025 source
- Conditions Construction of Garden Room Jan 2026 source
- Permitted Approval of details pursuant to conditions 4 (cycle storage) and 6 (water usage) of… Apr 2026 source
- Conditions Conversion of first floor and roof level from one unit to two units (1 x two-bed flat and… Aug 2025 source
- Rejected Lawful Development Certificate (existing) for the continued use of the Rear Ground Floor… Apr 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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