CT19 5UG
Last sold £435,000 in January 2018
5, Upton Close, Folkestone
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 7 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,485 sq ft / 138 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 33m — higher than about 20% of homes in Folkestone
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Price history in context
- Jan 2018 — £435,000 · +32.2% · 14 pts ahead of the UK market
- Jan 2015 — £329,000
What this home might be worth today
£568,000
Estimate range £539,000–£596,000
+30.5% since January 2018 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 31 nearby sales within a year · 7-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Morehall Primary School and Nursery 617m
- The Harvey Grammar School 537m
- Folkestone West station 767m
- Killing Wood 2.1km
- The coast (coastline) 1.9km
- The Hart Reservoir 821m
- Pond 162m
- Canal 3.3km
- Pent Stream 193m
- Radnor Park 880m
- Morehall Recreation Ground 168m
- Shop 600m
- Stiles Close (Adj) 106m
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, 767m 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
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1 The Harvey Grammar School · Secondary · Boys 0.3 miles State Attainment 8: 62.9 — top 20% nationally (2023)
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: Low. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,920 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 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Above average for England & Wales — 334 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 7, Upton Close, Folkestone £295,000 · 2019
- 10, Gainsborough Close, Folkestone £435,000 · 2019
- 2, Upton Close, Folkestone £525,500 · 2022
- 1, Upton Close, Folkestone £144,000 · 2000
- 15, Upton Close, Folkestone £292,000 · 2005
- 4, Upton Close, Folkestone £243,000 · 2006
Planning activity nearby
- Conditions Single storey rear extension. Dec 2025 source
- Conditions Single-storey front and rear extension with a two-storey side extension, following the… May 2026 source
- Conditions Conversion of existing garage to create a study. Replacement of garage door with new… May 2025 source
- Conditions Erection of a single-storey side/rear extension to create an annexe, new enclosed… Mar 2026 source
- Permitted Notification under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)… Nov 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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