CT18 8LH

North Downs East · Folkestone and Hythe · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Folkestone
Local authority
Folkestone and Hythe
Constituency
Ashford
Postcode district
CT18
Postcode sector
CT18 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT18 8JZ 357 m
CT18 8JX 386 m
CT18 8LJ 392 m
CT18 8LQ 800 m
CT18 8JT 968 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT18 8LH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT18
Postcode sector
CT18 8
Latitude
51.139588
Longitude
1.137379
British National Grid easting
619,565
British National Grid northing
142,493

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Folkestone and Hythe · E07000112
Parish or community
E04005012
Westminster constituency
Ashford · E14001069
Output area
E00124566
Lower layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 001B · E01024544
Middle layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 001 · E02005102

Postcode source versions

Explore CT18

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Cuckoo Lodge, Acrise, Folkestone, CT18 8LH 28 March 2025 £580,000
Cuckoo Lodge, Acrise, Folkestone, CT18 8LH 7 February 2020 £480,000
Orchard Lea, Acrise, Folkestone, CT18 8LH 8 February 2017 £400,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
5
Secondary
0
  1. Elham Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.3 km
  2. Hawkinge Primary School

    Foundation school

    3.3 km
  3. The Churchill School

    Academy converter

    3.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
10
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 3
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Robbery 1
  • Burglary 1
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

5 female, 5 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.5
CT18 8 residents
3,426

Age bands in CT18 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.6%

419 residents

Age 15 to 24
6.9%

212 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.3%

535 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

847 residents

Age 65 and over
34.8%

1,073 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CT18 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
25%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • HAWKINGE AND ELHAM

    ELHAM SURGERY, OLD ROAD, ELHAM, CANTERBURY, CT4 6UH

    ODS code G82165

    2.4 km

  • CHURCH ROAD

    THE SURGERY, CHURCH ROAD, LYMINGE, FOLKESTONE, CT18 8HY

    ODS code G82652

    3.6 km

  • NEW LYMINGE SURGERY

    GREENBANKS, LYMINGE, FOLKESTONE, CT18 8NS

    ODS code G82684

    3.6 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Densole Way

    BCT · Densole

    1.0 miles
  • Densole Way

    BCT · Densole

    1.1 miles
  • Black Horse

    BCT · Densole

    1.1 miles
  • Black Horse

    BCT · Densole

    1.1 miles
  • Foxholt Turning

    BCT · Swingfield Minnis

    1.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Folkestone and Hythe 001B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,461 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
4 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £580,000 from 1 recorded sale in CT18 8LH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Folkestone and Hythe is £304,717 in June 2026, up 2.4% year on year.

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Elham Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

10 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 3 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.