CT19 5BB

East Folkestone · 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
Postcode district
CT19
Postcode sector
CT19 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT19 5BD 44 m
CT19 5AZ 53 m
CT19 5BQ 67 m
CT19 5BJ 77 m
CT19 5BA 82 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT19 5BB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT19
Postcode sector
CT19 5
Latitude
51.085133
Longitude
1.174681
British National Grid easting
622,435
British National Grid northing
136,551

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Folkestone and Hythe · E07000112
Parish or community
E04005040
Westminster constituency
Folkestone and Hythe · E14001239
Output area
E00124364
Lower layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 004D · E01024502
Middle layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 004 · E02005105

Postcode source versions

Explore CT19

41 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Bournemouth Gardens, Folkestone, CT19 5BB 18 November 2025 £330,000
2a, Flat 1, Bournemouth Gardens, Folkestone, CT19 5BB 2 April 2024 £141,000
5, Bournemouth Gardens, Folkestone, CT19 5BB 23 February 2024 £355,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
19
Secondary
4
  1. Compass Community School Coastal Park

    Other independent special school

    149 m
  2. Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone

    Academy converter

    290 m
  3. Stella Maris Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    313 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,794
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,812
  • Anti social behaviour 635
  • Criminal damage and arson 517
  • Shoplifting 483
  • Other theft 285

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
34

19 female, 15 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.3
CT19 5 residents
10,863

Age bands in CT19 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

2,068 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

1,125 residents

Age 25 to 44
27%

2,996 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.2%

2,903 residents

Age 65 and over
18.1%

2,003 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CT19 5 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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

6

within 5 km

  • GUILDHALL STREET SURGERY

    65-69 GUILDHALL STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1EJ

    ODS code G82091

    379 m

  • MANOR CLINIC

    31 MANOR ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2SE

    ODS code G82232

    531 m

  • HARBOUR MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FOLKESTONE HEALTH CENTRE, 15-25 DOVER ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1JY

    ODS code G82217

    550 m

  • THE NEW SURGERY

    128 CANTERBURY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT19 5SR

    ODS code G82086

    675 m

  • SANDGATE ROAD

    180 SANDGATE ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2HN

    ODS code G82121

    1.5 km

  • WHITE HOUSE SURGERY

    1 CHERITON HIGH STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT19 4PU

    ODS code G82069

    2.0 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Radnor Park

    BCT · Folkestone

    0.1 miles
  • Radnor Park

    BCT · Folkestone

    0.1 miles
  • Fire Station

    BCT · Park Farm

    0.1 miles
  • Fire Station

    BCT · Park Farm

    0.2 miles
  • Cubitt House

    BCT · Folkestone

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Folkestone and Hythe 004D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,673 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
2 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
1
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 £139,500 from 8 recorded sales in CT19 5BB. 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

29 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. Compass Community School Coastal Park is the nearest published school at 149 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,794 published events cover 12 months, averaging 399.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,812 events.

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