CT21 4LU

Hythe Rural · Folkestone and Hythe · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Folkestone and Hythe
Postcode district
CT21
Postcode sector
CT21 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT21 4LR 140 m
CT21 4LP 285 m
CT21 4LW 329 m
CT21 4LN 394 m
CT21 4PB 578 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT21 4LU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1981
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT21
Postcode sector
CT21 4
Latitude
51.079973
Longitude
1.012468
British National Grid easting
611,100
British National Grid northing
135,500

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Folkestone and Hythe · E07000112
Parish or community
E04005024
Westminster constituency
Folkestone and Hythe · E14001239
Output area
E00124537
Lower layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 009C · E01024536
Middle layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 009 · E02005110

Postcode source versions

Explore CT21

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Lympne Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.2 km
  2. Sellindge Primary School

    Community school

    2.8 km
  3. Palmarsh Primary School

    Community school

    3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
43
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 18
  • Other theft 8
  • Other crime 3
  • Vehicle crime 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CT21 4 residents
4,983

Age bands in CT21 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.1%

672 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

430 residents

Age 25 to 44
18%

859 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.8%

1,375 residents

Age 65 and over
30.1%

1,437 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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • SELLINDGE SURGERY

    MAIN ROAD, SELLINDGE, ASHFORD, TN25 6JX

    ODS code G82658

    2.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Industrial Estate

    BCT · Lympne

    0.1 miles
  • Industrial Estate

    BCT · Lympne

    0.1 miles
  • Reach Road

    BCT · Lympne

    0.2 miles
  • Reach Road

    BCT · Lympne

    0.2 miles
  • Lympne Place

    BCT · Lympne

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Folkestone and Hythe 009C, 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

20,550 of 33,755

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

8 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Lympne Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

43 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 18 events.

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