CT20 1JZ
Last sold £72,500 in December 2006
53, Flat 1, Dover Road, Folkestone
- Property type
- Flat
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- Elevation
- About 24m — higher than about 10% of homes in Folkestone
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Price history in context
- Dec 2006 — £72,500 · +45.0% · 24 pts ahead of the UK market
- Jun 2004 — £50,000
What this home might be worth today
£120,000
Estimate range £114,000–£126,000
+65.9% since December 2006 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well below the local norm at the time
vs 200 nearby sales within a year · flat within 1 km
The life around it
- Mundella Primary School 12-min walk crosses a major road
- Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School 9-min walk crosses a major road
- Folkestone Central station 19-min walk crosses a major road
- Killing Wood 3.0km
- The coast (coastline) 473m
- The Hart Reservoir 2.5km
- Pond 443m
- Canal 4.5km
- Pent Stream 200m
- Payers Park 282m
- F51 168m
- Memel Shop 147m
- Dover Road Post Office (Adj) 66m
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 Central, 1.1km 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
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1 Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.2 miles State
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,950 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 5% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Among the highest for England & Wales — 390 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 63, Flat 2, Dover Road, Folkestone £90,000 · 2025
- 69a, Dover Road, Folkestone £12,000 · 1996
- 47, Dover Road, Folkestone £28,000 · 1997
- 69b, Dover Road, Folkestone £13,000 · 1997
- 81, Dover Road, Folkestone £39,950 · 1999
- 93a, Dover Road, Folkestone £20,500 · 2001
Planning activity nearby
- Conditions Conversion of premises to residential use and erection of roof extension Feb 2025 source
- Permitted Lawful Development Certificate (existing) for the continued use of four flats. Jun 2025 source
- Conditions Conversion and alterations to existing garage unit (use class B2) to create 1 no. 2… May 2025 source
- Conditions Loft conversion to include the erection of front and rear dormer window extensions. May 2025 source
- Permitted Approval of details pursuant to condition 16.2 (contamination risk assessment) of… Apr 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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