CT18 7GF
Last sold £535,000 in January 2018
8, Bittern Close, Folkestone
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 159m — higher than about 90% of homes in Folkestone
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Price history in context
- Jan 2018 — £535,000 · +9.2% · 5 pts ahead of the UK market
- Mar 2017 — £490,000 · +23.3% · 2 pts ahead of the UK market
- Jan 2014 — £397,500 · +6.0% · 0 pts ahead of the UK market
- Apr 2012 — £375,000 · −3.1% · 6 pts ahead of the UK market
- Feb 2008 — £387,000 · −4.4% · 22 pts behind the UK market
- Jun 2005 — £405,000
What this home might be worth today
£698,000
Estimate range £663,000–£733,000
+30.5% since January 2018 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 102 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Folkestone Academy 2.0km
- The Churchill School 408m
- Folkestone West station 2.8km
- Killing Wood 551m
- The coast (coastline) 3.8km
- The Hart Reservoir 1.1km
- Pond 816m
- Canal 4.8km
- Pent Stream 2.2km
- Public Park 72m
- Play Area 205m
- Everest Cash & Carry 2.5km
- Honner Close (Opp) 261m
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, 2.8km 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
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,870 hours a year — sunnier than 90% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: no hills shade it. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 116 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 1, Bittern Close, Folkestone £357,000 · 2005
- 3, Bittern Close, Folkestone £369,000 · 2005
- 9, Bittern Close, Folkestone £425,000 · 2021
- 11, Bittern Close, Folkestone £565,000 · 2023
- 12, Bittern Close, Folkestone £364,000 · 2004
- 2, Bittern Close, Folkestone £365,000 · 2015
Planning activity nearby
- Conditions Replacement of cladding to front and side elevations including to the front dormer. Mar 2026 source
- Permitted Approval of details pursuant to condition 3 (cladding) of planning permission 26/0130/FH. May 2026 source
- Rejected Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for the conversion of garage to create 2… Oct 2025 source
- Conditions Conversion of garage to lounge and two studies. Jan 2026 source
- Conditions Conversion of integral garage to ancillary living accommodation and storage space. Mar 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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