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CT20 3RG

Sandgate & West Folkestone · Folkestone and Hythe · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Sandgate & West Folkestone
Local authority
Folkestone and Hythe
Constituency
Folkestone and Hythe
Postcode district
CT20
Postcode sector
CT20 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT20 3QX 71 m
CT20 3NN 84 m
CT20 3RN 86 m
CT20 3QJ 97 m
CT20 3NF 102 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT20 3RG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT20
Postcode sector
CT20 3
Latitude
51.081263
Longitude
1.147469
British National Grid easting
620,548
British National Grid northing
136,039

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Folkestone and Hythe · E07000112
Electoral ward
Sandgate & West Folkestone · E05010026
Parish or community
E04005041
Westminster constituency
Folkestone and Hythe · E14001239
Output area
E00124458
Lower layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 005E · E01024520
Middle layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 005 · E02005106

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
19
Secondary
4

  1. Sandgate Primary School

    Community school

    334 m

  2. The Folkestone School for Girls

    Academy converter

    563 m

  3. Morehall Primary School and Nursery

    Academy sponsor led

    824 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,950
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 672
  • Anti social behaviour 264
  • Shoplifting 234
  • Criminal damage and arson 190
  • Other theft 147

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
22

12 female, 10 male

Postcode households
19
Residents per household
1.2
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+
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

8

within 5 km

  • WHITE HOUSE SURGERY

    1 CHERITON HIGH STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT19 4PU

    ODS code G82069

    693 m

  • SANDGATE ROAD

    180 SANDGATE ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2HN

    ODS code G82121

    964 m

  • MANOR CLINIC

    31 MANOR ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2SE

    ODS code G82232

    1.8 km

  • GUILDHALL STREET SURGERY

    65-69 GUILDHALL STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1EJ

    ODS code G82091

    2.1 km

  • HARBOUR MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82217

    2.4 km

  • THE NEW SURGERY

    128 CANTERBURY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT19 5SR

    ODS code G82086

    2.6 km

  • SUN LANE

    5 SUN LANE, HYTHE, CT21 5JY

    ODS code G82018

    4.3 km

  • OAKLANDS HEALTH CENTRE

    STADE STREET, HYTHE, CT21 6BD

    ODS code G82160

    4.7 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

  • Golden Valley Shopping Centre

    BCT · Shorncliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Golden Valley Shopping Centre

    BCT · Shorncliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Fenner Close

    BCT · Shorncliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Fenner Close

    BCT · Shorncliffe

    0.1 miles

  • St Paul's Way

    BCT · Sandgate

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Folkestone and Hythe 005E, 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

14,712 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 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
18
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

Schools

29 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. Sandgate Primary School is the nearest published school at 334 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,950 published events cover 12 months, averaging 162.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 672 events.

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