CT21 6QD

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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT21 6LS 101 m
CT21 6LT 123 m
CT21 6LR 169 m
CT21 6LL 174 m
CT21 6HJ 179 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT21 6QD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1997
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT21
Postcode sector
CT21 6
Latitude
51.067737
Longitude
1.068948
British National Grid easting
615,112
British National Grid northing
134,303

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
E00124505
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

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Hythe Bay CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    626 m
  2. St Augustine's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  3. Palmarsh Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
553
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 205
  • Anti social behaviour 88
  • Criminal damage and arson 67
  • Shoplifting 45
  • Other theft 37

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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

2

within 5 km

  • OAKLANDS HEALTH CENTRE

    STADE STREET, HYTHE, CT21 6BD

    ODS code G82160

    964 m

  • SUN LANE

    5 SUN LANE, HYTHE, CT21 5JY

    ODS code G82018

    1.4 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

  • Reachfields

    BCT · Hythe

    0.1 miles
  • Reachfields

    BCT · Hythe

    0.1 miles
  • Fort Road

    BCT · Hythe

    0.2 miles
  • Hythe Station (RHDR)

    PLT · Hythe

    0.3 miles
  • Hythe Station (RHDR)

    MET · Hythe

    0.3 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
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

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Hythe Bay CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 626 m.

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

Recorded crime

553 published events cover 12 months, averaging 46.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 205 events.

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