CT20 3FF
Last sold £254,000 in May 2021
8, Barracks Close, Folkestone
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,335 sq ft / 124 sq m
- EPC rating
- B
- Elevation
- About 65m — higher than about 70% of homes in Folkestone
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Price history in context
- May 2021 — £254,000
What this home might be worth today
£298,000
Estimate range £283,000–£313,000
+17.2% since May 2021 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well below the local norm at the time
vs 43 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- All Soul's Church of England Primary School 13-min walk
- Cheriton Primary School 2-min walk
- Folkestone West station 1.7km
- Paraker Wood 1.1km
- The coast (coastline) 1.6km
- The Hart Reservoir 2.2km
- Pond 837m
- Canal 1.7km
- Seabrook Stream 776m
- Public Park 677m
- The Stadium 84m
- Gurka Hill 623m
- Bowden Crescent (Opp) 150m
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, 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
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2 Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.2 miles State
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3 All Soul's Church of England Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.5 miles State Ofsted Good
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 1,920 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
Around average for England & Wales — 297 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 1, Cheriton Court Road, Folkestone £337,250 · 2021
- 3, Cheriton Court Road, Folkestone £325,500 · 2021
- 2, Cheriton Court Road, Folkestone £265,000 · 2015
- 105, Church Road, Folkestone £58,250 · 2000
- 5, Cheriton Court Road, Folkestone £289,750 · 2021
- 113, Church Road, Folkestone £214,500 · 2019
Planning activity nearby
- Conditions Subject of Tree Preservation Order No 4 of 2012, Sycamore tree to reduce height by 5… Sep 2025 source
- Conditions Conversion of garage to habitable living accommodation Nov 2025 source
- Rejected Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for conversion of garage to habitable room Aug 2025 source
- Conditions Erection of single storey side and rear extension Mar 2025 source
- Conditions Erection of a combined rear extension and replacement garage. Jun 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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