CT18 7GE
Last sold £330,000 in October 2013
5, Lapwing Close, Folkestone
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 159m
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Price history in context
- Oct 2013 — £330,000 · +6.5% · 11 pts behind the UK market
- Jul 2004 — £310,000
What this home might be worth today
£552,000
Estimate range £524,000–£579,000
+67.2% since October 2013 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 84 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Folkestone Academy 2.1km
- The Churchill School 11-min walk
- Folkestone West station 2.8km
- Killing Wood 588m
- The coast (coastline) 3.9km
- The Hart Reservoir 1.2km
- Pond 762m
- Canal 4.9km
- Pent Stream 2.2km
- Public Park 17m
- Play Area 188m
- Densole News 2.5km
- Honner Close (Opp) 206m
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, 2.8km 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
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,870 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 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 113 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 2, Lapwing Close, Folkestone £350,000 · 2003
- 4, Lapwing Close, Folkestone £305,000 · 2005
- 3, Lapwing Close, Folkestone £355,000 · 2006
- 1, Lapwing Close, Folkestone £435,000 · 2017
- 2, Bittern Close, Folkestone £365,000 · 2015
- 4, Bittern Close, Folkestone £500,000 · 2019
Planning activity nearby
- Conditions Replacement of cladding to front and side elevations including to the front dormer. Mar 2026 source
- Permitted Approval of details pursuant to condition 3 (cladding) of planning permission 26/0130/FH. May 2026 source
- Conditions Conversion of integral garage to ancillary living accommodation and storage space. Mar 2026 source
- Conditions Conversion of garage to lounge and two studies. Jan 2026 source
- Rejected Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for the conversion of garage to create 2… Oct 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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