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CT20 3RZ

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 3FD 26 m
CT20 3RJ 55 m
CT20 3RA 111 m
CT20 3QU 116 m
CT20 3JQ 125 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT20 3RZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1996
Terminated
1 August 2008
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT20
Postcode sector
CT20 3
Latitude
51.078342
Longitude
1.153396
British National Grid easting
620,977
British National Grid northing
135,732

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
E04005040
Westminster constituency
Folkestone and Hythe · E14001239
Output area
E00124415
Lower layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 006A · E01024511
Middle layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 006 · E02005107

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
18
Secondary
4

  1. Sandgate Primary School

    Community school

    206 m

  2. The Folkestone School for Girls

    Academy converter

    233 m

  3. School of English Studies

    Miscellaneous

    696 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,283
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 846
  • Anti social behaviour 330
  • Criminal damage and arson 261
  • Other theft 154
  • Shoplifting 152

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • SANDGATE ROAD

    180 SANDGATE ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2HN

    ODS code G82121

    442 m

  • WHITE HOUSE SURGERY

    1 CHERITON HIGH STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT19 4PU

    ODS code G82069

    1.1 km

  • MANOR CLINIC

    31 MANOR ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2SE

    ODS code G82232

    1.4 km

  • GUILDHALL STREET SURGERY

    65-69 GUILDHALL STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1EJ

    ODS code G82091

    1.8 km

  • HARBOUR MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82217

    2.0 km

  • THE NEW SURGERY

    128 CANTERBURY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT19 5SR

    ODS code G82086

    2.3 km

  • SUN LANE

    5 SUN LANE, HYTHE, CT21 5JY

    ODS code G82018

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Coolinge Lane

    BCT · Folkestone

    0.1 miles

  • Folkestone School for Girls

    BCT · Folkestone

    0.1 miles

  • Coolinge Lane

    BCT · Folkestone

    0.2 miles

  • Dixwell Road

    BCT · Folkestone

    0.3 miles

  • Sandgate Road Surgery

    TXR · Folkestone

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,400 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
9 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

28 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 4 secondary schools. Sandgate Primary School is the nearest published school at 206 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,283 published events cover 12 months, averaging 190.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 846 events.

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