CT21 6PY

Hythe Rural · Folkestone and Hythe · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Hythe
Local authority
Folkestone and Hythe
Postcode district
CT21
Postcode sector
CT21 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT21 6NA 46 m
CT21 6PS 75 m
CT21 6QB 83 m
CT21 6PU 91 m
CT21 6PX 115 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT21 6PY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT21
Postcode sector
CT21 6
Latitude
51.064381
Longitude
1.056950
British National Grid easting
614,287
British National Grid northing
133,895

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Folkestone and Hythe · E07000112
Parish or community
E04005020
Westminster constituency
Folkestone and Hythe · E14001239
Output area
E00124508
Lower layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 010D · E01024529
Middle layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 010 · E02005111

Postcode source versions

Explore CT21

30 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
66, Shepherds Walk, Hythe, CT21 6PY 27 February 2025 £345,000
60, Shepherds Walk, Hythe, CT21 6PY 25 September 2024 £220,000
62, Shepherds Walk, Hythe, CT21 6PY 25 May 2022 £340,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Palmarsh Primary School

    Community school

    524 m
  2. Hythe Bay CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.5 km
  3. St Augustine's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
249
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 103
  • Criminal damage and arson 34
  • Anti social behaviour 27
  • Shoplifting 21
  • Public order 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

15 female, 10 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
1.8
CT21 6 residents
6,165

Age bands in CT21 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13%

806 residents

Age 15 to 24
8%

498 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.3%

1,075 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.8%

1,789 residents

Age 65 and over
32.9%

2,044 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CT21 6 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

2

within 5 km

  • OAKLANDS HEALTH CENTRE

    STADE STREET, HYTHE, CT21 6BD

    ODS code G82160

    1.9 km

  • SUN LANE

    5 SUN LANE, HYTHE, CT21 5JY

    ODS code G82018

    2.3 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

  • Shepherds Walk

    BCT · Hythe

    0.0 miles
  • Prince of Wales

    BCT · Hythe

    0.1 miles
  • Shepherds Walk

    BCT · Hythe

    0.1 miles
  • Prince of Wales

    BCT · Hythe

    0.1 miles
  • Pennypot

    BCT · Hythe

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Folkestone and Hythe 010D, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,310 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
8 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
9
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 £294,998 from 4 recorded sales in CT21 6PY. 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

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Palmarsh Primary School is the nearest published school at 524 m.

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

Recorded crime

249 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 103 events.

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