CT19 5TR
Last sold £235,000 in April 2014
2, Martha Close, Folkestone
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 6 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,345 sq ft / 125 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
- Elevation
- About 32m — higher than about 20% of homes in Folkestone
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Price history in context
- Apr 2014 — £235,000 · +123.8% · 40 pts behind the UK market
- Jun 1998 — £105,000
What this home might be worth today
£375,000
Estimate range £357,000–£394,000
+59.7% since April 2014 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well below the local norm at the time
vs 35 nearby sales within a year · 6-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Folkestone Academy 7-min walk
- The Harvey Grammar School 14-min walk
- Folkestone West station 16-min walk crosses a major road
- Killing Wood 2.1km
- The coast (coastline) 1.8km
- The Hart Reservoir 988m
- Pond 98m
- Canal 3.4km
- Pent Stream 68m
- Radnor Park 640m
- Play Area 358m
- Shop 636m
- William Avenue (O/S 37) 88m
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 West, 806m away
- 53 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
Noise
Road noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,920 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 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 85 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 11, Lucy Avenue, Folkestone £300,000 · 2003
- 15, Lucy Avenue, Folkestone £133,000 · 1997
- 13, Lucy Avenue, Folkestone £122,000 · 1999
- 9, Lucy Avenue, Folkestone £235,000 · 2009
- 5, Martha Close, Folkestone £490,000 · 2020
- 6, Martha Close, Folkestone £392,000 · 2016
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Approval of details pursuant to condition 2 (surface water drainage) of planning… Jun 2026 source
- Conditions Retrospective application for the formation of two additional car parking spaces to the… May 2026 source
- Conditions Single storey rear extension. Dec 2025 source
- Conditions Single storey side and rear extension Jul 2025 source
- Permitted Notification under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)… Nov 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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