CT20 2HB
Last sold £41,000 in May 2010
56, Flat E, Earls Avenue, Folkestone
- Property type
- Flat
- Bedrooms
- 1 (est.)
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- Floor area
- 506 sq ft / 47 sq m
- EPC rating
- E
- Elevation
- About 48m — higher than about 50% of homes in Folkestone
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Price history in context
- May 2010 — £41,000
What this home might be worth today
£70,000
Estimate range £67,000–£74,000
+71.6% since May 2010 — 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 · 1-bed (est.) flat within 1 km
The life around it
- Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone 793m
- School of English Studies 238m
- Folkestone Central station 478m
- Paraker Wood 3.2km
- The coast (coastline) 539m
- The Hart Reservoir 2.2km
- Pond 385m
- Canal 3.1km
- Pent Stream 930m
- Public Park 157m
- Play Area 252m
- Tesco Express 468m
- East Kent College (Opp) 237m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 88.9% of premises — not all
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 88.9% of premises — not all
- 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, 478m 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
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Noise
Road noise here is mapped at 60–64 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a busy road within earshot.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
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: no hills shade it. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Planning
- In the Folkestone conservation area — external changes usually need consent.
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Crime
Among the highest for England & Wales — 502 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 56, Flat C, Earls Avenue, Folkestone £150,000 · 2019
- 56, Flat A, Earls Avenue, Folkestone £12,500 · 1995
- 52, Earls Avenue, Folkestone £70,000 · 1995
- 45, Flat A, Earls Avenue, Folkestone £52,500 · 1998
- 43, First Floor Flat, Earls Avenue, Folkestone £99,000 · 2002
- 41, Flat 4, Earls Avenue, Folkestone £82,000 · 2003
Planning activity nearby
- Conditions Replacement of windows to front bay window, 4 side windows, 1 rear window and door. Oct 2025 source
- Rejected Sub-division of the lower ground floor flat into two flats, and the replacement of… Apr 2025 source
- Conditions Replacement of existing single glazed windows with aluminum double glazed windows. Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Works to tree in a Conservation Area T1 Holm Oak fell. To be replaced with Magnolia. Oct 2025 source
- Permitted Non Material Amendment to planning permission 23/1949/FH to allow for change of the… May 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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