Last sold £205,000 in May 2014

Price history in context

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• May 2014 — £205,000

The life around it

• The Folkestone School for Girls 29-min walk crosses a major road
• Cheriton Primary School 1.7km
• Folkestone West station 1.7km
• Paraker Wood 1.5km
• The coast (coastline) 91m
• The Hart Reservoir 3.1km
• Pond 923m
• Canal 1.1km
• Royal Military Canal 1.1km
• Public Park 977m
• Sandgate Recreation Ground 475m
• Shop 444m
• Wilberforce Road (Opp) 112m

Broadband

• Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 66.7% of premises — not all
• Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 66.7% of premises — not all
• Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 83.3% 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 West, 1.7km 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

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 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.

Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,930 hours a year — sunnier than 90% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: on a moderate south-east-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 6% 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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Nearby sold homes

• 8, Encombe, Folkestone £290,000 · 2007
• 12, Encombe, Folkestone £287,500 · 2019
• 9, Encombe, Folkestone £635,000 · 2025
• Serena Cottage, The Esplanade, Folkestone £65,000 · 2001
• Encombe Lodge, The Esplanade, Folkestone £495,000 · 2005
• Encombe Lodge, Sandgate Esplanade, Folkestone £1,037,500 · 2024

Planning activity nearby

• Permitted Approval of details pursuant to conditions 10 (Landscaping Plan) of planning permission… Feb 2026 source
• Permitted Approval of details pursuant to conditions 3 (external materials), 4 (slope stability), 5… Oct 2025 source
• Rejected Application for prior approval under schedule 2, part 1 - class AA (General permitted… May 2026 source
• Rejected First floor extension including balcony, solar panels to roof and front extension to… Mar 2026 source
• Conditions Demolition and rebuilding of existing house with side 2 storey extension. Aug 2025 source

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