CT19 5TH
Last sold £148,500 in December 2013
243, Downs Road, Folkestone
- Property type
- Terraced
- Tenure
- Freehold
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Price history in context
- Today — see what it's worth now
- Mar 2004 — £130,000
- Dec 2013 — £148,500 · +14.2% · 17 pts behind the UK market
paid above the local norm at the time
vs 160 nearby sales within a year · terraced within 1 km
The life around it
- Folkestone Academy is 708m away.
- The Beacon Folkestone is 550m away.
- Folkestone Central station is 1.4km away.
- KILLING WOOD is 1.7km away.
- The coast (coastline) is 1.8km away.
- The Hart Reservoir is 1.5km away.
- Boating Pond is 1.0km away.
- Canal is 4.6km away.
- Pent Stream is 872m away.
Broadband
- Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 93.2% of premises in this postcode — not all of them.
- Ultrafast broadband (100Mbit/s or more) is available to 93.2% of premises in this postcode — not all of them.
- Superfast broadband (30Mbit/s or more) is available to 93.2% of premises in this postcode — not all of them.
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.
Nearby schools
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Ofsted inspected Jun 2024 (ungraded framework — School remains Outstanding)Attainment 8: 0.5 (2023)is 550m away.
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Folkestone Academy · secondaryOfsted Good (inspected Apr 2022)Attainment 8: 31.0 (2023)is 708m away.
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Folkestone Primary · primaryOfsted Good (inspected Jun 2023)is 708m away.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 74 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
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Planning activity nearby
- Approval of details pursuant to condition 2 (drainage) of planning permission 24/1611/FH. — Permitted, Feb 2025 source
- Two-storey side & single-storey rear extensions with front garden alterations to provide… — Undecided, Jun 2026 source
- Single storey rear extension and a two-storey side extension — Conditions, Sep 2025 source
- Non material amendment to planning permission 25/1415/FH to allow for removal of… — Permitted, Feb 2026 source
- Two storey rear extension. — Rejected, Sep 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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