CT20 3JR
Last sold £160,000 in July 2014
8, Risborough Way, Folkestone
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
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Price history in context
- Today — see what it's worth now
- Feb 1996 — £45,000
- Jun 2001 — £74,500 · +65.6% · 5 pts behind the UK market
- Feb 2004 — £117,000 · +57.0% · 17 pts ahead of the UK market
- Apr 2010 — £155,000 · +32.5% · 7 pts ahead of the UK market
- Oct 2012 — £147,000 · −5.2% · 5 pts behind the UK market
- Jul 2014 — £160,000 · +8.8% · 3 pts behind the UK market
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 127 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- All Soul's Church of England Primary School is 223m away.
- Birchwood is 631m away.
- Folkestone West station is 891m away.
- PARAKER WOOD is 1.7km away.
- The coast (coastline) is 1.5km away.
- The Hart Reservoir is 1.7km away.
- Pond is 1.2km away.
- Canal is 2.1km away.
- Seabrook Stream is 1.4km away.
Broadband
- Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
- Ultrafast broadband (100Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
- Superfast broadband (30Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
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, 891m 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.
Nearby schools
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Ofsted Good (inspected Sep 2023)is 223m away.
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Ofsted inspected Jul 2025 (no grade recorded)is 631m away.
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Cheriton Primary School · primaryOfsted inspected Mar 2025 (no grade recorded)is 704m away.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 110 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
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Nearby sold homes
Planning activity nearby
- Works to trees subject of TPO No 04 of 2002 comprising of, felling of T1 Apple, T2… — Conditions, Dec 2025 source
- Works to trees subject to TPO No. 04 of 2002, comprising of T1 Bay, T2 & T3 Holly removal… — Conditions, Apr 2026 source
- Conversion and change of use of retail and storage areas to residential flat on lower… — Undecided, Apr 2025 source
- Change of use from private member’s club (sui generis use) to 6 residential flats,… — Rejected, Dec 2025 source
- Change of use from private member’s club (sui generis use) to 6 residential flats,… — Rejected, Aug 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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