CT18 7LY

Last sold £285,000 in March 2025

53, Capel Street, Folkestone

Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
2 (est.)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
646 sq ft / 60 sq m
Plot area
about 2,200 sq ft / 200 sq m
EPC rating
D
Elevation
About 149m — higher than about 80% of homes in Folkestone

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Price history in context

  • Mar 2025 — £285,000 · +35.7% · 11 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Mar 2020 — £210,000 · +13.5% · 9 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Jun 2017 — £185,000 · +76.2% · 1 pts behind the UK market
  • Jan 2003 — £105,000 · +27.3% · 0 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Oct 2001 — £82,500 · +87.5% · 37 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Jul 1997 — £44,000
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £285,000 £44,000 1997 2025

The life around it

  • Capel-le-Ferne Primary School 6-min walk
  • Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy 2.4km
  • Folkestone Central station 3.8km
  • Hougham/Long Woods 2.7km
  • The coast (coastline) 880m
  • The Hart Reservoir 3.8km
  • Court Wood Pumping Station 1.7km
  • Canal 7.2km
  • Pent Stream 3.1km
  • East Cliff And Warren Country Park 494m
  • Playing Field 130m
  • Foodmarket Newsagents 363m
  • Alexandra Road (W-Bound) 319m

Broadband

  • Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more Not available
  • Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more Not available
  • Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 94.3% 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, 3.8km 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

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,910 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 — 142 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: exact

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Planning activity nearby

  • Undecided Reserved matters application for approval of details of access, layout, scale, landscape… Mar 2026 source
  • Undecided Erection of a single storey side extension incorporating a garage and a gym Jun 2026 source
  • Permitted Consultation re construction of an anaerobic digestion plant and associated… Jan 2026 source
  • Conditions Discharge of condition 6i (archaeological) pursuant to application 24/00257 - Outline… Jul 2026 source
  • Permitted Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 25/00248 (Erection of 9… Jun 2026 source

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

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