Folkestone
Folkestone is covered by postcode districts CT18, CT19, CT20, CT21 and CT50. It is in the Folkestone and Hythe council area, Kent.
Every postcode in Folkestone, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 64
- In use before 2020: 1,414
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,478 postcodes in Folkestone that ONS places, 64 are new since 2020 and 1,414 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 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 51.0840, longitude 1.1642. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Folkestone?
Homes sold for a typical £280,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.7% on the 12 months before. At 1,025 of the 1,351 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,054 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 117 of its 1,478 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Folkestone Central, 400 metres 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 Folkestone?
Homes in Folkestone sold for a typical £280,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 611 sales, up 3.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £540,000 58 sales
- Semi-detached £360,000 126 sales
- Terraced £278,000 221 sales
- Flat or maisonette £185,000 206 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CT20 district, Folkestone's main postcode district: a typical £280,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Folkestone: 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 Folkestone?
64 of the 1,478 postcodes now in use in Folkestone came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 10 of the 821 homes sold in Folkestone were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CT20 district, 12%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Folkestone | Across the CT20 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 10 of 611 (2%) | 20 of 339 (6%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 10 of 821 (1%) | 56 of 475 (12%) |
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 Folkestone?
Ofcom reports on 1,351 of the 1,478 postcodes in Folkestone. At 1,025 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Folkestone at risk of flooding?
117 of the 1,478 postcodes in Folkestone 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 1,054 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Folkestone?
The open schools at the postcodes in Folkestone (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Compass Community School Coastal Park600 m 39 pupils, 60 places
- Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone650 m 411 pupils, 420 places
- Stella Maris Catholic Primary School700 m 204 pupils, 210 places
- Folkestone Primary850 m 460 pupils, 450 places
- The Beacon Folkestone950 m 469 pupils, 354 places
- Sandgate Primary School1.0 km 419 pupils, 420 places
- Morehall Primary School and Nursery1.1 km 249 pupils, 210 places
- Mundella Primary School1.2 km 184 pupils, 210 places
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 Folkestone?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Folkestone is Folkestone Central Rail Station, 400 m away in a straight line.
- Folkestone Central Rail Station Railway station 400 mWalk
- Folkestone West Rail Station Railway station 700 mWalk
- Sandling Rail Station Railway station 6.9 kmDrive
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 Folkestone?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Folkestone, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Manor Clinic Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2024 · Phone 01303 851122 750 mWalk
- Sandgate Road Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2024 · Phone 01303 851241 900 mWalk
- Guildhall Street Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01303 851411 950 mWalk
- Harbour Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01303 220707 1.2 kmCycle
- White House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01303 275434 1.3 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Folkestone safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 4,930 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Folkestone 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
- 334 September 2025
- 382 October 2025
- 400 November 2025
- 378 December 2025
- 374 January 2026
- 360 February 2026
- 444 March 2026
- 373 April 2026
- 385 May 2026
- 491 June 2026
- 515 July 2026
- 494 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 113, vehicle crime 113, possession of weapons 66, robbery 55, bicycle theft 38, theft from the person 23.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Folkestone?
- District, borough or city council
- Folkestone and Hythe
- County council
- Kent
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Folkestone and Hythe (1,464) and Ashford (14)
- Police force area
- Kent
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Folkestone
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Folkestone and Hythe about council tax Council tax, on folkestone-hythe.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Folkestone
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Folkestone postcodes
1,478 postcodes in use in Folkestone, by district:
Those districts are all in the CT postcode area.
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Places near Folkestone
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Folkestone's £280,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Folkestone
- What is it like to live in Folkestone?
- Homes sold for a typical £280,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.7% on the 12 months before. At 1,025 of the 1,351 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,054 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 117 of its 1,478 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Folkestone Central, 400 metres 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 Folkestone?
- Folkestone is covered by postcode districts CT18, CT19, CT20, CT21 and CT50, across 1,478 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Folkestone in?
- Folkestone is in the Folkestone and Hythe council area, and Kent is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Folkestone?
- Homes in Folkestone sold for a typical £280,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 611 sales, up 3.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Folkestone?
- In Folkestone, primary schools at its postcodes include Compass Community School Coastal Park, Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone and Stella Maris Catholic Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Harvey Grammar School, Compass Community School Coastal Park and Folkestone Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Folkestone have a railway station?
- Yes: Folkestone Central is 400 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Folkestone, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Folkestone?
- Ofcom reports on 1,351 of the 1,478 postcodes in Folkestone. At 1,025 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Folkestone at risk of flooding?
- 117 of the 1,478 postcodes in Folkestone 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 1,054 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 Folkestone?
- 64 of the 1,478 postcodes now in use in Folkestone came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 10 of the 821 homes sold in Folkestone were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CT20 district, 12%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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