Dymchurch

Dymchurch is covered by postcode districts CT21 and TN29. It is in the Folkestone and Hythe council area, Kent.

Typical price £317,000 Homes sold in Dymchurch, last 12 months. ▼ 6.8% on the year before Gigabit broadband 59 of 95 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 95 of 95 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 412 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Dymchurch, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Dymchurch, by flood risk Of the 95 postcodes in Dymchurch that ONS places, 30 have a home or business at high risk, 17 are at medium risk at worst, 25 are at low risk at worst and 23 are at very low risk only. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 27 postcodes at high or medium risk; 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Dymchurch. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. TN29 0HW: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0JQ: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0JS: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0JT: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0JY: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0JZ: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0LG: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0LH: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0LP: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0LQ: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0LU: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0LW: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0NA: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0NS: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0NZ: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0PJ: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0PN: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0PR: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0PZ: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0UE: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0UG: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0UH: very low flood risk onlyTN29 0UL: very low flood risk onlyCT21 4NG: low flood risk at worstTN29 0JU: low flood risk at worstTN29 0LB: low flood risk at worstTN29 0LD: low flood risk at worstTN29 0LE: low flood risk at worstTN29 0LX: low flood risk at worstTN29 0LY: low flood risk at worstTN29 0NB: low flood risk at worstTN29 0ND: low flood risk at worstTN29 0NE: low flood risk at worstTN29 0NF: low flood risk at worstTN29 0PE: low flood risk at worstTN29 0PF: low flood risk at worstTN29 0PL: low flood risk at worstTN29 0PS: low flood risk at worstTN29 0PT: low flood risk at worstTN29 0PU: low flood risk at worstTN29 0PY: low flood risk at worstTN29 0QD: low flood risk at worstTN29 0TP: low flood risk at worstTN29 0TU: low flood risk at worstTN29 0UA: low flood risk at worstTN29 0UB: low flood risk at worstTN29 0UD: low flood risk at worstTN29 0UF: low flood risk at worstTN29 0HU: medium flood risk at worstTN29 0JX: medium flood risk at worstTN29 0LZ: medium flood risk at worstTN29 0NQ: medium flood risk at worstTN29 0NY: medium flood risk at worstTN29 0TL: medium flood risk at worstTN29 0TN: medium flood risk at worstTN29 0TQ: medium flood risk at worstTN29 0TR: medium flood risk at worstTN29 0TS: medium flood risk at worstTN29 0TT: medium flood risk at worstTN29 0TW: medium flood risk at worstTN29 0TX: medium flood risk at worstTN29 0TY: medium flood risk at worstTN29 0TZ: medium flood risk at worstTN29 0UJ: medium flood risk at worstTN29 0UQ: medium flood risk at worstCT21 4NF: high flood riskTN29 0AD: high flood riskTN29 0LA: high flood riskTN29 0LJ: high flood riskTN29 0LN: high flood riskTN29 0LR: high flood riskTN29 0LS: high flood riskTN29 0LT: high flood riskTN29 0NG: high flood riskTN29 0NH: high flood riskTN29 0NL: high flood riskTN29 0NP: high flood riskTN29 0NU: high flood riskTN29 0NW: high flood riskTN29 0NX: high flood riskTN29 0PA: high flood riskTN29 0PB: high flood riskTN29 0PD: high flood riskTN29 0PH: high flood riskTN29 0PP: high flood riskTN29 0PX: high flood riskTN29 0TB: high flood riskTN29 0TD: high flood riskTN29 0TE: high flood riskTN29 0TF: high flood riskTN29 0TG: high flood riskTN29 0TH: high flood riskTN29 0TJ: high flood risk Dymchurch 27 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to TN29 0PP, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk27 postcodes at high or medium risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to TN29 0TY, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Dymchurch, by flood risk Of the 95 postcodes in Dymchurch that ONS places, 30 have a home or business at high risk, 17 are at medium risk at worst, 25 are at low risk at worst and 23 are at very low risk only. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 27 postcodes at high or medium risk; 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Dymchurch. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Dymchurch
  • A home or business at high risk: 30
  • At medium risk at worst: 17
  • At low risk at worst: 25
  • At very low risk only: 23
  • Not on the at-risk list: 0
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 95 postcodes in Dymchurch that ONS places, 30 have a home or business at high risk, 17 are at medium risk at worst, 25 are at low risk at worst and 23 are at very low risk only.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 170 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.0328, longitude 1.0063. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

30 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

TN29 0PP34 at high riskTN29 0NX31 at high riskTN29 0TH29 at high riskTN29 0NU15 at high riskTN29 0NH13 at high riskTN29 0NL13 at high riskTN29 0TG13 at high riskTN29 0TE12 at high riskTN29 0AD10 at high riskTN29 0TA10 at high riskTN29 0LN9 at high riskTN29 0NW8 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 27 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TN29 0PP, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TN29 0TY, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Dymchurch?

Homes sold for a typical £317,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.8% on the 12 months before. At 59 of the 95 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 412 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 95 of its 95 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Westenhanger, 7.3 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Dymchurch?

Homes in Dymchurch sold for a typical £317,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 26 sales, down 6.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£317,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£340,000
12 months to August 2026
£317,000

▼ down 6.8% on the 12 months before

Detached£377,500 14 sales
Semi-detached£293,750 10 sales
Terraced 1 sale, too few to price
Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole TN29 district, Dymchurch's main postcode district: a typical £290,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Dymchurch: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Dymchurch?

None of the 95 postcodes now in use in Dymchurch came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 63 homes sold in Dymchurch were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TN29 district, 2%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn DymchurchAcross the TN29 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 26 (0%) 1 of 141 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 63 (0%) 5 of 216 (2%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Dymchurch?

Ofcom reports on 95 of the 95 postcodes in Dymchurch. At 59 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit59 of 95
Postcodes where every home can get superfast91 of 95

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Dymchurch at risk of flooding?

95 of the 95 postcodes in Dymchurch have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 412 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 95 of 95 postcodes High: 261Medium: 151Low: 719Very low: 1,302

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Dymchurch?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Dymchurch. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Dymchurch?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Dymchurch is Westenhanger Rail Station, 7.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Westenhanger Rail Station Railway station 7.3 kmDrive
  • Sandling Rail Station Railway station 7.6 kmDrive
  • Ham Street Rail Station Railway station 11.3 kmDrive
  • Burmarsh Road Station (RHDR) Underground, metro or tram 400 mWalk
  • Dymchurch Station (RHDR) Underground, metro or tram 1.4 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Dymchurch?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Dymchurch. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Dymchurch safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 116 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Dymchurch over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 7 September 2025
  2. 5 October 2025
  3. 16 November 2025
  4. 9 December 2025
  5. 4 January 2026
  6. 7 February 2026
  7. 9 March 2026
  8. 12 April 2026
  9. 9 May 2026
  10. 4 June 2026
  11. 9 July 2026
  12. 25 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences55 reports
Anti-social behaviour19 reports
Other theft15 reports
Drugs6 reports
Criminal damage and arson5 reports
Burglary4 reports
Other crime4 reports
Vehicle crime3 reports

Also: public order 2, theft from the person 1, robbery 1, possession of weapons 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Dymchurch?

District, borough or city council
Folkestone and Hythe
County council
Kent
Parliamentary constituency
Folkestone and Hythe
Police force area
Kent
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Tony Vaughan (Labour)

All 95 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Dymchurch

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Dymchurch postcodes

95 postcodes in use in Dymchurch, by district:

TN29 postcode district,93 postcodesCT21 postcode district,2 postcodes

Those districts are in the TN postcode area and CT postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Dymchurch

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Dymchurch's £317,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

St Mary's Bay3.2 km, £295,000Hythe6.7 km, £353,123New Romney6.7 km, £330,000Littlestone-on-Sea7.6 km, £350,000Sellindge8.0 km, £395,000Brabourne Lees10.4 km, £372,500Hamstreet11.2 km, £457,500Lydd11.5 km, £248,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Dymchurch

What is it like to live in Dymchurch?
Homes sold for a typical £317,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.8% on the 12 months before. At 59 of the 95 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 412 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 95 of its 95 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Westenhanger, 7.3 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Dymchurch?
Dymchurch is covered by postcode districts CT21 and TN29, across 95 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Dymchurch in?
Dymchurch is in the Folkestone and Hythe council area, and Kent is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Dymchurch?
Dymchurch is in the Folkestone and Hythe parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Tony Vaughan (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Dymchurch?
Homes in Dymchurch sold for a typical £317,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 26 sales, down 6.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Dymchurch?
In Dymchurch, primary schools at its postcodes include Dymchurch Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is The Marsh Academy, 6.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Dymchurch have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Dymchurch is Westenhanger, 7.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Dymchurch?
Ofcom reports on 95 of the 95 postcodes in Dymchurch. At 59 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Dymchurch at risk of flooding?
95 of the 95 postcodes in Dymchurch have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 412 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Dymchurch?
None of the 95 postcodes now in use in Dymchurch came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 63 homes sold in Dymchurch were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TN29 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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