CT20 3JT
Last sold £234,000 in December 2017
56, Risborough Lane, Folkestone
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Bedrooms
- 4 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,195 sq ft / 111 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
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Price history in context
- Dec 2017 — £234,000 · +26.8% · 17 pts ahead of the UK market
- Dec 2015 — £184,500 · +57.0% · 36 pts ahead of the UK market
- Nov 2010 — £117,500
What this home might be worth today
£305,000
Estimate range £289,000–£320,000
+30.2% since December 2017 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 142 nearby sales within a year · 4-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- All Soul's Church of England Primary School 207m
- Cheriton Primary School 636m
- Folkestone West station 960m
- Paraker Wood 1.7km
- The coast (coastline) 1.6km
- The Hart Reservoir 1.7km
- Pond 1.3km
- Canal 2.1km
- Seabrook Stream 1.3km
- Public Park 95m
- Playing Field 223m
- Gurka Hill 91m
- Taylor Road (Adj) 81m
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, 960m 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 All Soul's Church of England Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.1 miles State Ofsted Good
Noise
Road noise here is mapped at 60–64 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a busy road within earshot.
Rail noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — trains are audible.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 110 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 52, Risborough Lane, Folkestone £275,000 · 2025
- 50, Risborough Lane, Folkestone £285,000 · 2025
- 4, Heritage Road, Folkestone £262,000 · 2023
- 62, Risborough Lane, Folkestone £270,000 · 2025
- 6, Heritage Road, Folkestone £155,000 · 2014
- 64, Risborough Lane, Folkestone £38,000 · 1997
Planning activity nearby
- Conditions Works to trees subject to TPO No. 04 of 2002, comprising of T1 Bay, T2 & T3 Holly removal… Apr 2026 source
- Conditions Works to trees subject of TPO No 04 of 2002 comprising of, felling of T1 Apple, T2… Dec 2025 source
- Undecided Conversion and change of use of retail and storage areas to residential flat on lower… Apr 2025 source
- Conditions Proposed single storey rear extension Aug 2025 source
- Rejected Change of use from private member’s club (sui generis use) to 6 residential flats,… Dec 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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