Last sold £175,000 in October 2014

Price history in context

• Show me today's estimate
• Oct 2014 — £175,000 · +218.2% · 9 pts ahead of the UK market
• Jun 1997 — £55,000

The life around it

• The Folkestone School for Girls 1.1km
• Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary School 1.6km
• Folkestone West station 1.8km
• Paraker Wood 1.4km
• The coast (coastline) 77m
• The Hart Reservoir 3.1km
• Pond 1.0km
• Royal Military Canal 1.0km
• Royal Military Canal 1.0km
• Public Park 1.0km
• Sandgate Recreation Ground 552m
• Shop 557m
• Brewer's Hill (Adj) 70m

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, 1.8km 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

Noise

Road noise here is mapped at 60–64 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a busy road within earshot.

Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.

Planning

• Grade II listed — listed building consent is needed for most alterations. Historic England entry
• In the Sandgate The Esplanade conservation area — external changes usually need consent.

From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.

Crime

Below average for England & Wales — 156 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: exact

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Nearby sold homes

• 30, The Esplanade, Folkestone £375,000 · 2013
• West Lawn, Flat 4, Sandgate Esplanade, Folkestone £172,000 · 2026
• 35, Flat 1, Sandgate Esplanade, Folkestone £360,000 · 2025
• 35, Flat 2, Sandgate Esplanade, Folkestone £340,000 · 2025
• 35, Flat 3, Sandgate Esplanade, Folkestone £310,000 · 2025
• 35, Flat 4, Sandgate Esplanade, Folkestone £310,000 · 2025

Planning activity nearby

• Permitted Approval of details pursuant to conditions 10 (Landscaping Plan) of planning permission… Feb 2026 source
• Permitted Approval of details pursuant to conditions 3 (external materials), 4 (slope stability), 5… Oct 2025 source
• Rejected First floor extension including balcony, solar panels to roof and front extension to… Mar 2026 source
• Rejected Application for prior approval under schedule 2, part 1 - class AA (General permitted… May 2026 source
• Conditions Demolition and rebuilding of existing house with side 2 storey extension. Aug 2025 source

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