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CT20 1NG

Last sold £50,000 in January 2008

23, Abbott Road, Folkestone

Property type
Terraced
Tenure
Freehold
Elevation
About 28m

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Price history in context

  • Jan 2008 — £50,000 · −70.0% · 70 pts behind the UK market
  • Jun 2007 — £166,500 · +289.0% · 77 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Dec 1996 — £42,800
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £166,500 £42,800 1996 2008

The life around it

  • Castle Hill Community Primary School 10-min walk crosses a major road
  • Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School 9-min walk crosses a major road
  • Folkestone Central station 21-min walk crosses a major road
  • Killing Wood 2.9km
  • The coast (coastline) 553m
  • The Hart Reservoir 2.5km
  • Pond 572m
  • Canal 4.6km
  • Pent Stream 331m
  • East Cliff And Warren Country Park 397m
  • Canterbury Road Recreation Ground 175m
  • Londis 138m
  • Dover Road Post Office (Adj) 80m

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, 1.2km 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 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 1,950 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 6% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Crime

Above average for England & Wales — 213 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: approximate (postcode)

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Planning activity nearby

  • Rejected Change of use from mixed use (ground floor takeaway with residential flat above) to a 7… Jun 2025 source
  • Rejected Non Material Amendment to planning permission 22/1035/FH to make amendments to external… Apr 2026 source
  • Undecided Variation of conditions 2 (Approved Plans) and 3 (Materials) of planning permission… May 2026 source
  • Permitted Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for a rear facing dormer. Jul 2025 source
  • Conditions Retrospective application for the erection of an outbuilding. Jan 2026 source

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

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