CT19 6NH
Last sold £230,000 in May 2006
229, Dover Road, Folkestone
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 8 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 2,443 sq ft / 227 sq m
- EPC rating
- E
- Elevation
- About 51m — higher than about 50% of homes in Folkestone
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Price history in context
- May 2006 — £230,000
What this home might be worth today
£405,000
Estimate range £385,000–£425,000
+76.0% since May 2006 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 23 nearby sales within a year · 8-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Castle Hill Community Primary School 209m
- Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy 558m
- Folkestone Central station 1.6km
- Killing Wood 2.6km
- The coast (coastline) 885m
- The Hart Reservoir 2.5km
- Pond 765m
- Canal 5.0km
- Pent Stream 830m
- Brabner Park 611m
- Play Area 281m
- Tesco Express 90m
- Stuart Road (Adj) 60m
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, 1.6km 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 Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy · Primary · Church of England 0.3 miles State
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 1,930 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 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Above average for England & Wales — 129 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 227, Dover Road, Folkestone £550,000 · 2026
- 233, Dover Road, Folkestone £403,000 · 2026
- 225, Flat 2, Dover Road, Folkestone £70,000 · 2026
- 225, Ground Floor Flat, Dover Road, Folkestone £30,000 · 2000
- 219, Dover Road, Folkestone £79,950 · 2001
- 225, Upper Maisonette, Dover Road, Folkestone £130,000 · 2018
Planning activity nearby
- Conditions Change of use from guest house (Use Class C1) to residential house (Use Class C3). May 2025 source
- Withdrawn Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) to change use from guest house to domestic… Jan 2025 source
- Conditions Change of use from residential (C3) to a house of multiple occupation (HMO). Oct 2025 source
- Withdrawn Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 25/1484/FH to amend the… Feb 2026 source
- Permitted Approval of details pursuant to condition 2 (landscape/boundary treatment) of planning… Feb 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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