CT18 7FL
Last sold £85,950 in September 1997
8, Megone 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
- Sep 1997 — £85,950
What this home might be worth today
£387,000
Estimate range £367,000–£406,000
+350.0% since September 1997 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 132 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Folkestone Academy 2.6km
- The Churchill School 6-min walk
- Folkestone West station 3.4km
- Killing Wood 716m
- The coast (coastline) 4.1km
- The Hart Reservoir 1.7km
- Pond 449m
- Canal 5.4km
- Pent Stream 2.8km
- Public Park 281m
- Play Area 29m
- Densole News 1.9km
- Cemetery (Opp) 159m
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, 3.4km 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
- 3, Megone Close, Folkestone £58,950 · 1996
- 17, Megone Close, Folkestone £47,750 · 1996
- 12, Megone Close, Folkestone £68,500 · 2001
- 14, Megone Close, Folkestone £60,000 · 2001
- 10, Megone Close, Folkestone £88,000 · 2001
- 19, Megone Close, Folkestone £146,000 · 2003
Planning activity nearby
- Conditions Single storey side & rear extensions. Apr 2025 source
- Conditions Single-storey rear extension May 2026 source
- Withdrawn Extension of dropped kerb to enable driveway extension. Jun 2026 source
- Conditions Installation of 2 x EV Charger upstands and associated feeder pillar cabinet and car… May 2026 source
- Rejected Erection of a rear roof dormer. Jan 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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