Last sold £260,000 in March 2025

Price history in context

• Today — see what it's worth now
• Aug 2001 — £56,000
• Feb 2015 — £127,000 · +126.8% · 36 pts ahead of the UK market
• Aug 2018 — £183,500 · +44.5% · 23 pts ahead of the UK market
• Mar 2025 — £260,000 · +41.7% · 16 pts ahead of the UK market

The life around it

• Sandgate Primary School is a 10-minute walk, crossing no major roads.
• The Harvey Grammar School is a 16-minute walk, crossing a major road.
• Folkestone West station is a 11-minute walk, crossing no major roads.
• PARAKER WOOD is 2.0km away.
• The coast (coastline) is 829m away.
• The Hart Reservoir is 2.1km away.
• Pond is 429m away.
• Canal is 2.0km away.
• Pent Stream is 1.4km away.

Broadband

• Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
• Ultrafast broadband (100Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
• Superfast broadband (30Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.

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, 664m 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.

Nearby schools

• Sandgate Primary School · primary
  Ofsted inspected Feb 2026 (report card — no single overall grade)
  is a 10-minute walk, crossing no major roads.
• The Folkestone School for Girls · secondary
  Ofsted Good (inspected Apr 2024)
  Attainment 8: 61.8 — top 20% nationally (2023)
  is a 15-minute walk, crossing no major roads.
• Morehall Primary School and Nursery · primary
  Ofsted inspected Feb 2025 (ungraded framework — Improved significantly)
  is a 20-minute walk, crossing no major roads.

Crime

Around average for England & Wales — 101 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

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Nearby sold homes

• 40, Darnley Close, Folkestone — £127,000 (2015)
• 25, Darnley Close, Folkestone — £173,000 (2007)
• 29, Darnley Close, Folkestone — £287,000 (2026)
• 31, Darnley Close, Folkestone — £59,000 (1999)
• 4, Southernwood Rise, Folkestone — £330,000 (2022)
• 2, Southernwood Rise, Folkestone — £210,000 (2015)