CT20 3BL

Sandgate & West 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
CT20
Postcode sector
CT20 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT20 3BJ 97 m
CT20 3BH 104 m
CT20 3NU 124 m
CT20 3BN 151 m
CT20 3NS 168 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT20 3BL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT20
Postcode sector
CT20 3
Latitude
51.077015
Longitude
1.145567
British National Grid easting
620,435
British National Grid northing
135,561

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Folkestone and Hythe · E07000112
Parish or community
E04005041
Westminster constituency
Folkestone and Hythe · E14001239
Output area
E00124461
Lower layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 006H · E01024521
Middle layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 006 · E02005107

Postcode source versions

Explore CT20

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
9, Enbrook Road, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3BL 27 January 2025 £580,000
15, Enbrook Road, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3BL 4 July 2024 £715,000
1, Enbrook Road, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3BL 21 June 2018 £645,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
20
Secondary
4
  1. The Folkestone School for Girls

    Academy converter

    395 m
  2. Sandgate Primary School

    Community school

    531 m
  3. School of English Studies

    Miscellaneous

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,432
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 492
  • Anti social behaviour 211
  • Criminal damage and arson 153
  • Shoplifting 132
  • Other theft 112

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
22

10 female, 12 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.4
CT20 3 residents
9,394

Age bands in CT20 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

1,559 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.1%

1,095 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.3%

2,461 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.7%

2,228 residents

Age 65 and over
18.6%

1,676 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CT20 3 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

8

within 5 km

  • SANDGATE ROAD

    180 SANDGATE ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2HN

    ODS code G82121

    946 m

  • WHITE HOUSE SURGERY

    1 CHERITON HIGH STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT19 4PU

    ODS code G82069

    1.2 km

  • MANOR CLINIC

    31 MANOR ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2SE

    ODS code G82232

    2.0 km

  • GUILDHALL STREET SURGERY

    65-69 GUILDHALL STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1EJ

    ODS code G82091

    2.3 km

  • HARBOUR MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82217

    2.6 km

  • THE NEW SURGERY

    128 CANTERBURY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT19 5SR

    ODS code G82086

    2.9 km

  • SUN LANE

    5 SUN LANE, HYTHE, CT21 5JY

    ODS code G82018

    4.1 km

  • OAKLANDS HEALTH CENTRE

    STADE STREET, HYTHE, CT21 6BD

    ODS code G82160

    4.5 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

  • Enbrook Road

    BCT · Sandgate

    0.0 miles
  • St Paul's Way

    BCT · Sandgate

    0.1 miles
  • The Crescent

    BCT · Sandgate

    0.2 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · Sandgate

    0.2 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · Sandgate

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Folkestone and Hythe 006H, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,054 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
5 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 £647,500 from 2 recorded sales in CT20 3BL. 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

30 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 4 secondary schools. The Folkestone School for Girls is the nearest published school at 395 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,432 published events cover 12 months, averaging 119.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 492 events.

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