Last sold £152,500 in May 2008

Price history in context

• Show me today's estimate
• May 2008 — £152,500

The life around it

• All Soul's Church of England Primary School 7-min walk
• Birchwood 14-min walk
• Folkestone West station 10-min walk
• Paraker Wood 1.9km
• The coast (coastline) 1.5km
• The Hart Reservoir 1.6km
• Pond 1.1km
• Canal 2.2km
• Pent Stream 1.2km
• Public Park 205m
• Play Area 323m
• Everest Cash & Carry 239m
• Shorncliffe Crescent (Adj) 111m

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, 640m 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

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.

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 level ground; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Crime

Above average for England & Wales — 124 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: exact

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Nearby sold homes

• 6, Laurel Close, Folkestone £91,000 · 2001
• 5, Laurel Close, Folkestone £166,000 · 2004
• 10, Laurel Close, Folkestone £148,995 · 2005
• 16, Laurel Close, Folkestone £200,000 · 2010
• 15, Laurel Close, Folkestone £160,000 · 2012
• 9, Laurel Close, Folkestone £334,000 · 2023

Planning activity nearby

• Permitted Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for a dormer to rear roof slope and two… Sep 2025 source
• Permitted Lawful development certificate (proposed) for a loft conversion and the installation of a… Jul 2025 source
• Permitted Lawful development certificate (proposed) for a loft conversion and the installation of a… Jul 2025 source
• Conditions Ground floor rear extension with roof light. Front entrance porch. Garage conversion. Mar 2025 source
• Rejected First floor extension to an existing flat roofed, single storey building to include… Oct 2025 source

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