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CT20 2HW

Last sold £490,000 in May 2021

Birch View, 4, Earls Avenue, Folkestone

Property type
Semi-detached
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
1,485 sq ft / 138 sq m
EPC rating
B
Elevation
About 46m — higher than about 40% of homes in Folkestone

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Price history in context

  • May 2021 — £490,000

The life around it

  • Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone 750m
  • Earlscliffe (Sussex Summer Schools Ltd) 179m
  • Folkestone Central station 386m
  • Killing Wood 3.2km
  • The coast (coastline) 647m
  • The Hart Reservoir 2.1km
  • Pond 316m
  • Canal 3.2km
  • Pent Stream 835m
  • Public Park 163m
  • Play Area 151m
  • Tesco Express 507m
  • East Kent College (Opp) 130m

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 Central, 386m away

  • 56 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

Road noise here is mapped at 60–64 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a busy road within earshot.

Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,950 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 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Planning

  • In the Folkestone conservation area — external changes usually need consent.

From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.

Crime

Above average for England & Wales — 126 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: exact

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Planning activity nearby

  • Permitted Works to tree in a Conservation Area T1 Holm Oak fell. To be replaced with Magnolia. Oct 2025 source
  • Permitted Works to T1 Birch tree situated in a Conservation Area - 3m all round crown reduction Oct 2025 source
  • Permitted Works to a tree situated in a Conservation Area comprising crown reduction of Beech by… Jul 2025 source
  • Permitted Works to trees in a conservation area, comprising of T1 Cherry, reduce canopy by 1-1.5… Jun 2026 source
  • Permitted Works to trees in a Conservation area. T1 - T7 (Sycamores) reduce height by 12 metres Aug 2025 source

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

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