Lyminge

Lyminge is covered by postcode district CT18. It is in the Folkestone and Hythe council area, Kent.

Typical price £417,500 Homes sold in Lyminge, last 12 months. ▲ 16% on the year before Gigabit broadband 0 of 57 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 4 of 57 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 41 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Lyminge, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Lyminge, by flood risk Of the 57 postcodes in Lyminge that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst and 53 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Lyminge. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. CT18 8DR: not on the flood risk listCT18 8EB: not on the flood risk listCT18 8ED: not on the flood risk listCT18 8EG: not on the flood risk listCT18 8EH: not on the flood risk listCT18 8EJ: not on the flood risk listCT18 8EL: not on the flood risk listCT18 8EN: not on the flood risk listCT18 8EP: not on the flood risk listCT18 8EQ: not on the flood risk listCT18 8ER: not on the flood risk listCT18 8ES: not on the flood risk listCT18 8ET: not on the flood risk listCT18 8EU: not on the flood risk listCT18 8EW: not on the flood risk listCT18 8EX: not on the flood risk listCT18 8EY: not on the flood risk listCT18 8EZ: not on the flood risk listCT18 8FB: not on the flood risk listCT18 8HA: not on the flood risk listCT18 8HD: not on the flood risk listCT18 8HE: not on the flood risk listCT18 8HF: not on the flood risk listCT18 8HG: not on the flood risk listCT18 8HH: not on the flood risk listCT18 8HJ: not on the flood risk listCT18 8HL: not on the flood risk listCT18 8HN: not on the flood risk listCT18 8HQ: not on the flood risk listCT18 8HS: not on the flood risk listCT18 8HU: not on the flood risk listCT18 8HW: not on the flood risk listCT18 8HX: not on the flood risk listCT18 8HY: not on the flood risk listCT18 8HZ: not on the flood risk listCT18 8JA: not on the flood risk listCT18 8JB: not on the flood risk listCT18 8JD: not on the flood risk listCT18 8JE: not on the flood risk listCT18 8JF: not on the flood risk listCT18 8JG: not on the flood risk listCT18 8JH: not on the flood risk listCT18 8JJ: not on the flood risk listCT18 8JL: not on the flood risk listCT18 8JN: not on the flood risk listCT18 8JP: not on the flood risk listCT18 8JQ: not on the flood risk listCT18 8JW: not on the flood risk listCT18 8LX: not on the flood risk listCT18 8LZ: not on the flood risk listCT18 8ND: not on the flood risk listCT18 8NL: not on the flood risk listCT18 8NS: not on the flood risk listCT18 8EE: medium flood risk at worstCT18 8EF: medium flood risk at worstCT18 8HP: high flood riskCT18 8HT: high flood risk Lyminge Map of every postcode in Lyminge, by flood risk Of the 57 postcodes in Lyminge that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst and 53 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Lyminge. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Lyminge
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 53

Of the 57 postcodes in Lyminge that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst and 53 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.1284, longitude 1.0870. 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

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

CT18 8HP21 at high riskCT18 8HT2 at high risk

What is it like to live in Lyminge?

Homes sold for a typical £417,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 16% on the 12 months before. Ofcom reports on 57 postcodes here; at none of them can every home and business get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 41 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 57 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Sandling, 4.5 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 Lyminge?

Homes in Lyminge sold for a typical £417,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 16 sales, up 16% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£417,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£360,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 16% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £600,000 5 sales
  • Semi-detached £395,500 8 sales
  • Terraced 2 sales, too few to price
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole CT18 district, Lyminge's main postcode district: a typical £346,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Lyminge: 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 Lyminge?

None of the 57 postcodes now in use in Lyminge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 33 homes sold in Lyminge were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CT18 district, 17%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn LymingeAcross the CT18 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 16 (0%) 6 of 179 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 33 (0%) 50 of 290 (17%)

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 Lyminge?

Ofcom reports on 57 of the 57 postcodes in Lyminge. At none of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit0 of 57
Postcodes where every home can get superfast56 of 57

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 Lyminge at risk of flooding?

4 of the 57 postcodes in Lyminge 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 41 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 4 of 57 postcodes High: 23Medium: 18Low: 6

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 Lyminge?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Lyminge. 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 Lyminge?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lyminge is Sandling Rail Station, 4.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Sandling Rail Station Railway station 4.5 kmCycle
  • Westenhanger Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive
  • Folkestone West Rail Station Railway station 6.8 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 Lyminge?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Lyminge. 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 Lyminge safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 69 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Lyminge 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. 4 September 2025
  2. 1 October 2025
  3. 10 November 2025
  4. 3 December 2025
  5. 3 January 2026
  6. 7 February 2026
  7. 7 March 2026
  8. 3 April 2026
  9. 3 May 2026
  10. 5 June 2026
  11. 11 July 2026
  12. 12 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences23 reports
Anti-social behaviour10 reports
Burglary8 reports
Public order7 reports
Other theft7 reports
Drugs6 reports
Possession of weapons3 reports
Criminal damage and arson2 reports

Also: vehicle crime 2, other crime 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 Lyminge?

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

All 57 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

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Lyminge postcodes

57 postcodes in use in Lyminge, by district:

CT18 postcode district,57 postcodes

That district is in the CT postcode area.

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Places near Lyminge

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Lyminge's £417,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Hawkinge5.4 km, £340,000Hythe6.5 km, £353,123Sellindge6.5 km, £395,000Folkestone7.3 km, £280,000Brabourne Lees8.0 km, £372,500Capel-le-Ferne9.2 km, £331,000Dymchurch12.0 km, £317,000Wye12.1 km, £421,250 All places A to Z

Questions about Lyminge

What is it like to live in Lyminge?
Homes sold for a typical £417,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 16% on the 12 months before. Ofcom reports on 57 postcodes here; at none of them can every home and business get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 41 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 57 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Sandling, 4.5 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 Lyminge?
Lyminge is covered by postcode district CT18, across 57 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Lyminge in?
Lyminge is in the Folkestone and Hythe council area, and Kent is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Lyminge?
Lyminge is in the Ashford parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sojan Joseph (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Lyminge?
Homes in Lyminge sold for a typical £417,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 16 sales, up 16% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Lyminge?
In Lyminge, primary schools at its postcodes include Lyminge Church of England Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Brockhill Park Performing Arts College, 5.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Lyminge have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lyminge is Sandling, 4.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Lyminge?
Ofcom reports on 57 of the 57 postcodes in Lyminge. At none of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Lyminge at risk of flooding?
4 of the 57 postcodes in Lyminge 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 41 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 Lyminge?
None of the 57 postcodes now in use in Lyminge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 33 homes sold in Lyminge were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CT18 district, 17%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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