CT20 1ET

Folkestone Central · 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
CT20
Postcode sector
CT20 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT20 1EY 42 m
CT20 1EZ 45 m
CT20 1DY 67 m
CT20 1HA 71 m
CT20 1DZ 72 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT20 1ET
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT20
Postcode sector
CT20 1
Latitude
51.080774
Longitude
1.181151
British National Grid easting
622,909
British National Grid northing
136,086

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
E00171561
Lower layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 014C · E01033212
Middle layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 014 · E02006879

Postcode source versions

Explore CT20

45 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Merchants Place, Flat 4, Rendezvous Street, Folkestone, CT20 1ET 18 October 2024 £210,000
Merchants Place, Flat 16, Rendezvous Street, Folkestone, CT20 1ET 3 May 2024 £168,000
Merchants Place, Flat 2, Rendezvous Street, Folkestone, CT20 1ET 26 October 2023 £215,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
19
Secondary
4
  1. St Eanswythe's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    193 m
  2. Folkestone Beacon Plus

    Special post 16 institution

    306 m
  3. Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    450 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,223
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,613
  • Anti social behaviour 551
  • Criminal damage and arson 472
  • Shoplifting 384
  • Other theft 255

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
41

19 female, 22 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
1.7
CT20 1 residents
6,821

Age bands in CT20 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

1,280 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.5%

795 residents

Age 25 to 44
30.2%

2,080 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.6%

1,832 residents

Age 65 and over
13.2%

908 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CT20 1 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
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 straight-line

  • HARBOUR MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82217

    202 m

  • GUILDHALL STREET SURGERY

    65-69 GUILDHALL STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1EJ

    ODS code G82091

    291 m

  • MANOR CLINIC

    31 MANOR ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2SE

    ODS code G82232

    543 m

  • THE NEW SURGERY

    128 CANTERBURY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT19 5SR

    ODS code G82086

    934 m

  • SANDGATE ROAD

    180 SANDGATE ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2HN

    ODS code G82121

    1.6 km

  • WHITE HOUSE SURGERY

    1 CHERITON HIGH STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT19 4PU

    ODS code G82069

    2.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Lidl

    BCT · Folkestone

    0.1 miles
  • Shellons Street Car Park

    BCT · Folkestone

    0.1 miles
  • The Cube

    BCT · Folkestone

    0.1 miles
  • Guildhall Street

    BCT · Folkestone

    0.1 miles
  • Shellons Street

    TXR · Folkestone

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Folkestone and Hythe 014C, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,607 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
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 £187,500 from 6 recorded sales in CT20 1ET. 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. St Eanswythe's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 193 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,223 published events cover 12 months, averaging 351.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,613 events.

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