CT19 5TH
Last sold £145,000 in May 2012
281, Downs Road, Folkestone
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
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Price history in context
- Nov 2000 — £72,000
- May 2012 — £145,000 · +101.4% · 22 pts ahead of the UK market
What this home might be worth today
£253,000
Estimate range £240,000–£265,000
+74.2% since May 2012 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 72 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Folkestone Academy 708m
- The Beacon Folkestone 550m
- Folkestone Central station 1.4km
- Killing Wood 1.7km
- The coast (coastline) 1.8km
- The Hart Reservoir 1.5km
- Boating Pond 1.0km
- Canal 4.6km
- Pent Stream 872m
- Brabner Park 705m
- Play Area 114m
- Mace 663m
- Post Box (Opp) 128m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 93.2% of premises — not all
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 93.2% of premises — not all
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 93.2% of premises — not all
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.
Schools nearby
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.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 74 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
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Nearby sold homes
- 182, Downs Road, Folkestone £230,000 · 2019
- 241, Downs Road, Folkestone £173,500 · 2007
- 243, Downs Road, Folkestone £148,500 · 2013
- 231, Downs Road, Folkestone £91,000 · 2002
- 233, Downs Road, Folkestone £160,000 · 2006
- 188, Downs Road, Folkestone £160,000 · 2005
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Approval of details pursuant to condition 2 (drainage) of planning permission 24/1611/FH. Feb 2025 source
- Undecided Two-storey side & single-storey rear extensions with front garden alterations to provide… Jun 2026 source
- Conditions Single storey rear extension and a two-storey side extension Sep 2025 source
- Permitted Non material amendment to planning permission 25/1415/FH to allow for removal of… Feb 2026 source
- Rejected Two storey rear extension. Sep 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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