CT21 6QU

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 6QT 73 m
CT21 6GY 94 m
CT21 6QN 100 m
CT21 6QW 116 m
CT21 6QP 120 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT21 6QU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT21
Postcode sector
CT21 6
Latitude
51.064386
Longitude
1.046444
British National Grid easting
613,551
British National Grid northing
133,865

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
E00124510
Lower layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 009B · E01024530
Middle layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 009 · E02005110

Postcode source versions

Explore CT21

55 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Martins Way, Hythe, CT21 6QU 28 March 2025 £355,000
23, Martins Way, Hythe, CT21 6QU 25 October 2024 £265,000
9, Martins Way, Hythe, CT21 6QU 19 February 2024 £280,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Palmarsh Primary School

    Community school

    289 m
  2. Lympne Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.8 km
  3. Hythe Bay CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
110
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 41
  • Criminal damage and arson 17
  • Shoplifting 13
  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Drugs 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
85

45 female, 40 male

Postcode households
31
Residents per household
2.7
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 1.4% 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+
79.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
76.5%
Gigabit-capable
79.4%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
8.8%

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 straight-line

  • OAKLANDS HEALTH CENTRE

    STADE STREET, HYTHE, CT21 6BD

    ODS code G82160

    2.6 km

  • SUN LANE

    5 SUN LANE, HYTHE, CT21 5JY

    ODS code G82018

    3.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Grebe Crescent

    BCT · Hythe

    0.0 miles
  • Burmarsh Road

    BCT · Hythe

    0.1 miles
  • Dove Close

    BCT · Hythe

    0.2 miles
  • Meadow Way

    BCT · Hythe

    0.2 miles
  • Meadow Way

    BCT · Hythe

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,987 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £280,000 from 5 recorded sales in CT21 6QU. 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

6 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Palmarsh Primary School is the nearest published school at 289 m.

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

Recorded crime

110 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 41 events.

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