CT19 5PW
Last sold £390,000 in July 2019
61, Downs Road, Folkestone
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Bedrooms
- 7 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,195 sq ft / 111 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
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Price history in context
- Oct 2005 — £185,000
- Jul 2019 — £390,000 · +110.8% · 64 pts ahead of the UK market
What this home is worth today
£492,000
Estimate range £467,000–£516,000
+26.1% since July 2019 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid above the local norm at the time
vs 28 nearby sales within a year · 7-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Mundella Primary School is 273m away.
- The Beacon Folkestone is 270m away.
- Folkestone Central station is 1.0km away.
- Killing Wood is 2.2km away.
- The coast (coastline) is 1.3km away.
- The Hart Reservoir is 1.7km away.
- Boating Pond is 595m away.
- Canal is 4.3km away.
- Pent Stream is 390m away.
- Radnor Park is 461m away.
- Play Area is 219m away.
Broadband
- Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
- Ultrafast broadband (100Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
- Superfast broadband (30Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
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, 1.0km 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.
Nearby schools
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Ofsted inspected Jun 2024 (ungraded framework — School remains Outstanding)Attainment 8: 0.5 (2023)is 270m away.
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Mundella Primary School · primaryOfsted Good (inspected May 2024)is 273m away.
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Folkestone Academy · secondaryOfsted Good (inspected Apr 2022)Attainment 8: 31.0 (2023)is 702m away.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 74 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
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Nearby sold homes
Planning activity nearby
- Single storey rear & side extension with a raised rear decking area, with associated 1.8m… — Conditions, May 2026 source
- Approval of details pursuant to condition 11 (arboricultural mitigation) of planning… — Permitted, Apr 2025 source
- Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) for the excavation and installation of drainage… — Permitted, Aug 2025 source
- Non Material Amendment to planning permission Y19/0704/FH to amend wording of condition… — Permitted, Mar 2025 source
- Approval of details pursuant to conditions 7 (service margins), 15 (water usage) in part,… — Permitted, May 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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